SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 31, 2000
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PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
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Pennsylvania 0-24206 23-2234473
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(State or Other (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of Number) Identification No.)
Incorporation)
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825 Berkshire Boulevard
Wyomissing, PA 19610
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (610) 373-2400
Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5. Other Events.
On July 31, 2000, Penn National Gaming, Inc. (the "Registrant") announced
that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CRC Holdings, Inc.
("CRC") for $95.8 million and the assumption of approximately $32 million of net
indebtedness. Registrant also announced that it had entered into an agreement to
acquire for $32.5 million the approximately 41% of Louisiana Casino Cruises,
Inc. ("LCCI") not owned by CRC. LCCI owns and operates the Casino Rouge, a river
bout gaming facility at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. CRC also has a management
contract for Casino Rama, a gaming facility located approximately 80 miles north
of Toronto, Canada.
A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant on July 31, 2000
concerning the acquisition is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated
herein by reference.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
(Registrant)
By /s/Robert S. Ippolito
Robert S. Ippolito
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: August 8, 2000
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger among CRC Holdings, Inc., Penn
National Gaming, Inc., Casino Holdings, Inc., Sherwood Weiser
and Donald E.Lefton, dated as of July 31, 2000.
2.2 Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Penn National Gaming,
Inc., Dan S. Meadows, Thomas L. Meehan and Jerry L. Bayles,
dated as of July 31, 2000.
99.1 Press Release -- Penn National Gaming to Acquire CRC Holdings
and Louisiana Casino Cruises for $160 million.
1
Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
CRC HOLDINGS, INC.
PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.,
CASINO HOLDINGS, INC.
and
CERTAIN SHAREHOLDERS OF CRC HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated as of July 31, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. THE MERGER..............................................................................................1
1.1 The Merger.....................................................................................1
1.2 Shareholder Meeting, Closing, Effective Time of the Merger.....................................2
1.3 Conversion and Cancellation of Securities......................................................2
1.4 Exchange of Certificates.......................................................................3
1.5 Options........................................................................................4
1.6 Dissenter or Appraisal Rights..................................................................4
1.7 Preclosing Distributions.......................................................................5
1.8 Deposit Escrow.................................................................................6
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS......................................8
2.1 Organization, Powers and Qualifications........................................................8
2.2 Subsidiaries...................................................................................8
2.3 Capital Stock..................................................................................9
2.4 Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Minute Books and Records...................................10
2.5 Authority; Binding Effect.....................................................................10
2.6 No Conflict; Approvals........................................................................11
2.7 Governmental Consents and Approvals...........................................................11
2.8 Financial Statements..........................................................................11
2.9 Absence of Certain Changes....................................................................12
2.10 Indebtedness; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities..............................................13
2.11 Assets........................................................................................13
2.12 Contracts.....................................................................................13
2.13 Insurance.....................................................................................14
2.14 Authorizations; Compliance With Law...........................................................14
2.15 Taxes.........................................................................................15
2.16 Absence of Litigation; Claims.................................................................18
2.17 Employee Benefit Plans; Employment Agreements.................................................18
2.18 Labor Matters.................................................................................22
2.19 Environmental Matters.........................................................................23
2.20 Intellectual Property.........................................................................26
2.21 Brokers and Finders...........................................................................26
2.22 Adequacy of Disclosure........................................................................26
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB................................................27
3.1 Organization and Powers.......................................................................27
3.2 Authority; Binding Effect.....................................................................27
3.3 No Conflict; Approvals........................................................................27
3.4 Brokers and Finders...........................................................................28
3.5 Licensing.....................................................................................28
4. OTHER AGREEMENTS.......................................................................................28
4.1 Conduct of the Company's Business.............................................................28
4.2 Access to Information.........................................................................30
4.3 Shareholders' Meeting; Shareholders' Agreements...............................................30
4.4 Public Announcements..........................................................................31
4.5 Notification..................................................................................31
4.6 Regulatory and Other Authorizations...........................................................31
4.7 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.....................................................32
4.8 No Solicitation...............................................................................33
4.9 Baton Rouge Property..........................................................................33
4.10 Financing.....................................................................................34
4.11 Technical Services............................................................................34
4.12 Financial Statements..........................................................................34
4.13 Employment Agreement..........................................................................34
5. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING..................................................................................34
5.1 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company and Parent and Merger Sub........................34
5.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company..................................................35
5.3 Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub........................................35
6. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER......................................................................37
6.1 Termination...................................................................................37
6.2 Effect of Termination.........................................................................38
6.3 Amendment.....................................................................................38
6.4 Waiver........................................................................................38
7. INDEMNIFICATION........................................................................................39
7.1 General Indemnification by the Shareholders...................................................39
7.2 Limitation and Expiration.....................................................................40
7.3 Indemnification Procedures....................................................................40
7.4 Survival of Representations Warranties and Covenants..........................................42
7.5 Remedies Cumulative...........................................................................42
8. NON-DISCLOSURE, NON-SOLICITATION aND NON-COMPETITION COVENANTS.........................................42
8.1 Non-Disclosure................................................................................43
8.2 Non-Solicitation..............................................................................43
8.3 Non-Competition...............................................................................43
8.4 Covenants Not Exclusive.......................................................................43
8.5 No Adequate Remedy at Law.....................................................................43
9. MISCELLANEOUS..........................................................................................44
9.1 Final Tax Returns.............................................................................44
9.2 Entire Agreement..............................................................................44
9.3 Notices.......................................................................................44
9.4 Governing Law.................................................................................45
9.5 Descriptive Headings..........................................................................45
9.6 Parties in Interest...........................................................................45
9.7 Counterparts..................................................................................45
9.8 Expenses......................................................................................45
9.9 Binding Effect; Assignment....................................................................45
9.10 Severability..................................................................................46
9.11 Legal Fees and Costs..........................................................................46
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "Agreement"), dated as of July
31, 2000, is made and entered into by and among CRC HOLDINGS, INC., a Florida
corporation (the "Company"), PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC., a Pennsylvania
corporation ("Parent"), CASINO HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Merger
Sub"), and SHERWOOD WEISER and DONALD E. LEFTON (individually, a "Shareholder"
and collectively, the "Shareholders").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub, the
Company and Penn National Holding Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent ("Holding"), the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, have
each approved this Agreement and the business combination described herein in
which the Company will become a subsidiary of Parent as a result of a merger of
Merger Sub with and into the Company upon the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth (the "Merger"), pursuant to which each
outstanding share of common stock, par value $.005 per share ("Company Common
Stock"), of the Company will be converted into the right to receive cash in the
manner set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, prior to the Merger, the Company will distribute the
Divestiture Entities (as such term is defined in Section 4.1 hereof) so that the
remaining assets and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries remaining
shall be those relating to their gaming business (the "Gaming Business"); and
WHEREAS, Parent is willing to enter into this Agreement only on the
conditions that the Shareholders agree to indemnify Parent in the manner herein
provided and that each Shareholder enters into the non-disclosure and
non-solicitation covenants contained herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions set forth below, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in accordance
with the Florida Business Corporation Act (the "FBCA") and the Delaware General
Corporation Law ("DGCL"), at the Effective Time (hereinafter defined): (a)
Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company and the separate existence
of Merger Sub shall cease, (b) the Company, as the surviving corporation in the
Merger (the "Surviving Corporation"), (i) shall be a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent, (ii) shall continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State
of Florida, (iii) shall retain its present name and (iv) shall succeed to all
rights, assets, liabilities and obligations of Merger Sub and the Company in
accordance with the FBCA; (c) the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as
in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall continue as the
Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation; (d) the Bylaws of the
Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall continue as
the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation; (e) the directors of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving
Corporation; and (f) the officers of the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall continue as the officers of the Surviving Corporation.
Nothing in Sections 1.1 (c) and (e) shall preclude amendment of the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws after the Effective Time in accordance with the terms
thereof and applicable law. Nothing in Sections 1.1(e) and (f) shall preclude
the election or appointment of new or additional directors and officers as
provided for in the Company's Bylaws. From and after the Effective Time, the
Merger will have all the effects provided by applicable law.
1.2 Shareholder Meeting, Closing, Effective Time of the Merger. The Company
shall submit this Agreement and the Merger to the holders of Company Common
Stock for approval and adoption at the Shareholders Meeting (hereinafter
defined) to be held as soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement
in accordance with Section 4.3 hereof. Subject to the Merger receiving the
requisite shareholder approval and subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, the parties shall hold a closing (the "Closing") within 30 days after
all of the Consents (hereinafter defined) have been obtained (the "Closing
Date"), at 9:00 a.m. at the offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 5300 First
Union Financial Center, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33131-2339,
or at such other time or place as Parent and the Company agree upon. Within two
business days after the Closing Date, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger
to be consummated by filing articles of merger (the "Articles of Merger") with
the Secretary of State of the State of Florida in such form as required by the
FBCA and a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of the State of Delaware, in
such form as required by the DGCL (the date and time of the later of such
filings, or such later date or time agreed upon by Parent and the Company and
set forth therein, the "Effective Time").
1.3 Conversion and Cancellation of Securities.
(a) The "Total Purchase Price" shall be $95,750,000; provided and only in the
event that the consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization of the Gaming Business, for the twelve months ended on the Closing
Date, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied ("Latest 12 months EBITDA"), is at least $30,335,000, then
the Total Purchase Price shall be $97,000,000. For purposes of the Closing, the
Latest 12 Months EBITDA shall be estimated by the parties in good faith as above
or below $30,335,000, and such estimate shall be subject to verification
pursuant to Section 1.7. Further, the parties agree that the Total Purchase
Price may be reduced pursuant to Section 5.3(k) hereof.
(b) At the Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into, and
become exchangeable for, the right to receive the "Cash Consideration."
(c) The "Cash Consideration" shall equal the Total Purchase Price, less the
Option Amount (hereinafter defined), divided by the sum of the total number of
shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at the Effective Time.
(d) At the Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock owned by Parent,
Merger Sub or any other direct or indirect subsidiary of Parent and each share
of Company Common Stock owned by the Company or any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Company (collectively, "Excluded Common Shares"), shall by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof,
be automatically canceled and retired and cease to exist, and no cash,
securities or other property shall be payable in respect thereof.
(e) At the Effective Time, each share of Merger Sub common stock, par value $.01
per share ("Merger Sub Common Stock"), issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action by
the holder thereof, be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable common share, par value $.005 per share, of the Surviving
Corporation ("Surviving Corporation Common Stock").
1.4 Exchange of Certificates.
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Parent shall select a bank or trust company
to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender
of certificates evidencing shares of Company Common Stock converted into Cash
Consideration pursuant to the Merger. At and following the Effective Time,
Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent an amount of cash representing the
Total Purchase Price less the Closing Escrow Amount.
(b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the
Exchange Agent to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder
of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the
Effective Time evidenced outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the
"Certificates") (i) a letter of transmittal specifying that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon
delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent, which shall be in a form and
contain any other provisions as Parent and the Surviving Corporation may
reasonably agree and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Certificates in exchange for the Cash Consideration. Upon the proper surrender
of Certificates to the Exchange Agent, together with a properly completed and
duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be required
by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor the Cash Consideration that such holder has the
right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof, and the Certificate so
surrendered shall be cancelled. If any portion of the Cash Consideration is to
be paid to a person other than the person who is the record holder of the
Company Common Stock at the Effective Time, it shall be a condition to such
payment that the certificate evidencing the Company Common Stock so surrendered
shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that
it be accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer
and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Surviving Corporation or Parent
that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation
shall pay all charges and expenses of the constituent corporations, including
those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of Certificates for
shares of Merger Stock. Any Cash Consideration not exchanged pursuant to Section
1.4(b) hereof for Company Common Stock within six months after the Effective
Time shall be returned by the Exchange Agent to the Surviving Corporation, which
shall thereafter act as exchange agent subject to the rights of holders of
Company Common Stock hereunder.
(d) At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be
closed and no transfer of shares of Company Common Stock shall thereafter be
made.
(e) If any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificates to
be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent will deliver in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates the Cash Consideration for the
shares represented thereby, deliverable in respect thereof, as determined in
accordance with the terms hereof. When authorizing such payment in exchange for
any lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, the person to whom the Cash
Consideration is to be issued, as a condition precedent to such delivery, shall
give Parent an indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent with
respect to the Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
(f) No holder of Company Common Stock shall be entitled to any interest on the
Cash Consideration.
1.5 Options. At the Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase shares
of Common Stock shall be canceled and each holder of such an option shall be
paid an amount equal to the Option Value less the aggregate exercise price of
such option. The "Option Amount" shall mean the aggregate amount of such
payments. The "Option Value" shall mean the Total Purchase Price divided by the
sum of total number, at the Effective Time, of outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock and the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of outstanding options.
1.6 Dissenter or Appraisal Rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, any holder of Company Common Stock with respect to
which dissenters' rights are duly exercised in accordance with Section 607.1320
of the FBCA ("Dissenting Shares") shall not be entitled to receive the Cash
Consideration pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof, unless such holder fails to
perfect, effectively withdraws or loses his right to dissent from the Merger
under Section 607.1320. Such holder shall be entitled to receive only the
payment provided for by Section 607.1320. If any such holder so fails to
perfect, effectively withdraws or loses his dissenters' rights, his Dissenting
Shares shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted, as of the Effective
Time, into the Cash Consideration pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof.
1.7 Preclosing Distributions. Up and until the Closing, Louisiana Casinos
Cruises, Incorporated, a Louisiana corporation ("LCCI"), may distribute to its
shareholders, including the Company, an amount equal to its net after-tax income
as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period from the date of this
Agreement through the Closing Date, but not to exceed the amount permitted by
law or regulation, or permitted by any indenture, loan agreement or other
agreement applicable to LCCI in the form thereof as of the date of this
Agreement. Immediately prior to Closing, the Company may transfer to its
shareholders by way of distribution or redemption, at the election of the
Company, (i) the Divestiture Entities (as defined herein) and (ii) an amount
equal to its net after-tax income (the "Interim Income") for the period from the
date of this Agreement through the Closing Date (but excluding, in calculating
net income for purposes of this sentence, all net income attributable to, or
consolidated from, LCCI), plus any amount received by the Company in the
distribution referred to in the preceding sentence, less the aggregate amount of
Special Payments, but not to exceed the amount permitted by law or regulation,
or permitted by any indenture, loan agreement or other agreement applicable to
the Company in the form thereof as of the date of this Agreement. In the event
the aggregate amount of Special Payments exceeds the Interim Income, the Total
Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount of such excess. "Special Payments"
shall mean (i) bonus and discretionary payments made to Robert B. Sturges and W.
Peter Temling, (ii) amounts paid to employees in consideration of their waiver
of change in control payments, (iii) the aggregate amount of severance payments
which will be payable to employees of the Divestiture Entities as a result of
their termination as employees of the Company and Subsidiaries and (iv) the
Company's legal fees and expenses of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Within 60 days after the Closing Date, at the request of the Company
or the Shareholders, Parent's independent accountants shall review the
determination of Interim Income and/or the estimate of Latest 12 Months EBITDA.
In the event the accountants determine that (i) the Interim Income was greater
than the amount thereof determined prior to Closing or (ii) the Latest 12 Months
EBITDA, having been estimated for purposes of the Closing at less than
$30,335,000, is at least $30,335,000, the Company shall pay pro rata to the
shareholders who received distributions or cash consideration, as applicable,
the balance in excess of the amount previously distributed and/or the additional
$1,250,000 payable under Section 1.3(a), as applicable. In the event the
accountants determine that (i) the Interim Income was less than the amount
distributed or (ii) the Latest 12 Months EBITDA, having been estimated for
purposes of the Closing to be at least $30,335,000, is less than $30,335,000,
the distributions in excess of Interim Income and/or the additional $1,250,000
paid under Section 1.3(a), as applicable, shall be returned to the Company by a
payment from the Shareholders. The Shareholders shall be jointly and severally
liable for such repayment. In the event that either Parent or the Shareholders
do not agree with the accountants' determination, then either may submit the
accountants' determination for final determination by an arbitrator who is to be
appointed and to act in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association. The decision of the arbitrator shall be deemed to be the
accountants' determination for purposes of this Section 1.7 and shall be final
and binding upon the parties. The right to submit the determination to
arbitration must be exercised within 10 days of receipt of the accountants'
determination.
1.8 Deposit Escrow.
(a) Within two business days of the date hereof, Parent shall deliver $4,400,000
(the "Deposit") to Republic Security Bank as escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent")
to be held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in
the Deposit Escrow Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Deposit Escrow
Agreement"). The Deposit and the accrued interest thereon shall be applied as
part of the Cash Consideration and credited to the Total Purchase Price if the
Closing occurs. If Closing has not occurred on or prior to 9 months from the
date of this Agreement (the "Non-Discretionary Date"), the Parent shall make a
payment of $1,700,000 to the Company (the "Non-Discretionary Payment"). If the
Closing occurs, the Non-Discretionary Payment shall be applied as part of the
Cash Consideration and credited to the Total Purchase Price. Absent any breach
by the Company or the Shareholders of any representation, warranty or covenant
contained in this Agreement, the terms of Section 1.8(b) below will not apply to
the Non-Discretionary Payment. If the Closing does not occur by reason of a
breach of a representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement by the
Company or any Shareholder, the Non-Discretionary Payment shall be refunded to
the Parent. If the Closing does not occur for any other reason (except as
provided in the next paragraph of this Section 1.8(a)), the Non-Discretionary
Payment and the accrued interest thereon shall be retained by the Company. If
the Closing has not occurred on or prior to 12 months from the date of this
Agreement, Parent shall have the option, but not the obligation, to extend the
time for Closing an additional 3 months by Parent making an additional payment
of $1,700,000 to the Escrow Agent (the "Discretionary Payment"). Such
Discretionary Payment and the accrued interest thereon shall become part of the
Deposit and if the Closing occurs shall be applied as part of the Cash
Consideration and credited to the Total Purchase Price.
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board issued a Report on
Conditional License Renewal on or about July 24, 2000 captioned "In Re:
Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. d/b/a Casino Rouge License No. R011700193" (the
"Report"). The Report refers to proposed conditions to renewal of LCCI's
license. Such conditions and any additional conditions subsequently imposed by
the Louisiana Gaming Control Board are referred to herein as "Conditions."
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, in the event that a Closing has not
occurred on or prior to the Non-Discretionary Date and as of such date (i) LCCI
has not been issued a license renewal and Casino Rouge is not continuing to
operate in the manner operated as of the date hereof or (ii) Parent has not been
issued a gaming license in Louisiana, in either case as a result of a failure to
satisfy any of the Conditions, then the Non-Discretionary Payment shall not be
payable. In such event, (i) the time for Closing shall be extended to six months
after the Non-Discretionary Date without Parent being obligated to make the
Discretionary Payment and (ii) the Non-Discretionary Payment shall only become
payable if a Closing has not occurred 30 days after all Conditions have been
satisfied and such renewal license issued or Casino Rouge is continuing to
operate in the manner operated as of the date hereof. In the event such
Conditions have not been satisfied and such licenses issued six months after the
Non-Discretionary Date, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.8(b)
hereof, the Deposit plus accrued interest shall be refunded to Parent and this
Agreement shall terminate.
(b) In the event that the Closing does not occur for any reason prior to
termination of this Agreement, the Deposit plus accrued interest thereon shall
be refundable to Parent, unless the Closing does not occur as a result of:
(i) Parent's failure to obtain the financing contemplated by Section 4.10
herein,
(ii) a material breach by Parent of any of its representations or warranties
under this Agreement,
(iii)a material breach by Parent of any of its covenants under this Agreement,
or
(iv) the failure of a Gaming Authority (as defined in Section 2.7) to grant
to Parent, its Affiliates and Licensed Persons all approvals and licenses
necessary for Parent to consummate the Agreement for any reason, except
that this clause (iv) will not apply if such failure to grant such
approvals and licenses is:
(A) solely as a result of a Gaming Authority's imposition of any requirement
that would have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 2 below)
following the Closing Date, or
(B) solely as a result of a Gaming Authority's failure to take any action with
respect to Parent's application for such approvals and licenses necessary
to consummate the Agreement (provided the Parent is using its reasonable
efforts to diligently pursue all such approvals and licenses, has not
withdrawn its application to the Gaming Authority or taken any action which
would otherwise preclude or prevent the Gaming Authority from taking such
action with respect to Parent's application).
And if clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) applies, the Deposit and accrued
interest thereon shall be paid to the Company, and if the Deposit is
payable to the Company, $3.5 million of the Deposit will be applied as
payment for the technical services provided by the Company under Section
4.11 of this Agreement. In all other events, the Deposit plus accrued
interest thereon shall be released by the Escrow Agent to Parent
immediately upon Parent's written demand.
(c) The Company and Shareholders agree that, if Closing does not occur for any
reason, the sole extent of their recoverable damages are the liquidated
damages provided for in this Section 1.8.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDERS
As used in this Agreement, "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, operating results, business
(including the ability to obtain or maintain gaming licenses or registrations)
or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries (hereinafter defined) taken as
a whole; provided, however, that neither of the following shall be deemed to
result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the adoption of legislation in
Louisiana further regulating or taxing the gaming industry or (ii) competition
resulting from new gaming venues in Ontario listed on Exhibit B (such proviso
referred to as the "Exceptions").
The Company and the Shareholders hereby represent and warrant to, and
agree with, Parent and Merger Sub as follows, except as set forth on a
Disclosure Schedule delivered by the Company concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement (the "Company Schedule"), each of which exceptions
shall specifically identify the relevant subsection hereof to which it relates
and shall be deemed to be representations and warranties as if made hereunder:
2.1 Organization, Powers and Qualifications. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Florida. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
its business as it has been and is now being conducted and to own, lease, manage
and operate the properties and assets used in connection therewith. The Company
is duly qualified as a foreign corporation authorized to do business and is in
good standing in every jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, all
of which jurisdictions are disclosed in the Company Schedule, except where
failure to be so authorized (other than in Louisiana or Ontario) would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
2.2 Subsidiaries.
(a) As used in this Article 2 and elsewhere in this Agreement, unless otherwise
stated, "Subsidiary" and "Subsidiaries" mean, either jointly or severally, as
the case may be, the entities other than the Company which are Retained Entities
(as defined herein in Section 4.1).
(b) The Company Schedule lists each Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its
organization and the amount of its securities outstanding and the owners
thereof. Each Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each Subsidiary
has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it has been
and is now being conducted and to own, lease and operate the assets and
properties used in connection therewith. Each Subsidiary is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation authorized to do business and is in good standing in every
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, all of which jurisdictions
are disclosed on the Company Schedule, except where failure to be so authorized
(other than in Louisiana or Ontario) would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. All issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary
have been duly authorized, are validly issued and outstanding, are fully paid
and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws, and, except as set forth on the Company Schedule, are
lawfully owned of record and beneficially by the Company or another Subsidiary
free and clear of all material pledges, liens, claims, security interests and
other charges or defects in title of any nature whatsoever ("Liens"). There are
no existing subscriptions, options, warrants, convertible securities, calls,
commitments, agreements, conversion rights or other rights of any character
(contingent or otherwise) calling for or requiring the issuance, transfer, sale
or other disposition of any shares of the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or
calling for or requiring the issuance of any securities or rights convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary, nor is the
Company or any Subsidiary subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of capital stock of any
Subsidiary, in any case except as set forth on the Company Schedule. Except for
the Subsidiaries or as set forth in the Company Schedule, neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary directly or indirectly (i) owns or controls any shares of any
corporation nor has any voting securities of, or economic interest in, either of
record, beneficially or equitably, in any association, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other legal entity, or (ii) is a general
partner of any partnership.
2.3 Capital Stock. The Company has authorized capital stock consisting of
20,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Company Preferred Stock"). As of the date of
this Agreement: (i) 10,741,802 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and
outstanding, (ii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued and
outstanding, (iii) no shares of Company Common Stock were held as treasury
shares, and (iv) 1,700,000 shares of the Company Common Stock were reserved for
issuance under the Company stock option or equity compensation plans (the
"Company Stock Plans") (including 1,700,000 shares reserved for issuance under
the Company's 1998 Stock Option Plan, 1,372,421 of which were subject to
outstanding options and 327,579 of which were reserved for future option
grants). All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have
been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable, were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws and are owned by the shareholders in the amounts set forth on
the Company Schedule. No shares of capital stock issued by the Company are or
were at the time of their issuance subject to preemptive rights. There are no
existing subscriptions, options, warrants, convertible securities, calls,
commitments, agreements, conversion rights or other rights of any character
(contingent or otherwise) calling for or requiring the issuance, transfer, sale
or other disposition of any shares of the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or
calling for or requiring the issuance of any securities or rights convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary, nor is the
Company subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary, in any
case except as set forth on the Company Schedule. There are no voting trusts or
other agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party, nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, to which any shareholder of the Company is a party,
with respect to the voting of capital stock of the Company, except as set forth
on the Company Schedule.
2.4 Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Minute Books and Records. The copies of
the Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto and of the Bylaws, as
amended, of the Company and the Subsidiaries which have been delivered to Parent
are true, correct and complete copies thereof as in effect on the date hereof.
The minute books of the Company and the Subsidiaries which have been made
available for inspection contain minutes, which are accurate and complete in all
material respects, of all meetings and accurate consents or written resolutions
in lieu of meetings of the Board of Directors (and any committee thereof) and of
the shareholders of the Company and the Subsidiaries since the respective dates
of incorporation. The share register, and records of election of directors and
officers are accurate and complete. The books and records of the Company and
each Subsidiary accurately reflect, in all material respects, the transactions
to which the Company or the Subsidiary is a party or by which their properties
are subject or bound, and the assets and liabilities of the Company or the
Subsidiary.
2.5 Authority; Binding Effect. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. All necessary action, corporate or otherwise,
required to have been taken by or on behalf of it by applicable law, its charter
document or otherwise to authorize (i) the approval, execution and delivery on
its behalf of this Agreement and (ii) its performance of its obligations under
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been taken, except that the adoption of the Agreement must be approved by a
majority of the votes of all outstanding shares of Company Common Stock of
record on the record date for the Shareholders Meeting ("Required Company
Shareholder Approval"). Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement constitutes the
Company's and the Shareholders' valid and binding agreement, enforceable against
it and them in accordance with its terms, except (A) as the same may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws of general
application relating to or affecting creditors' rights, including, without
limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent
conveyances and preferential transfers, and (B) for the limitations imposed by
general principles of equity.
2.6 No Conflict; Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement do not,
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will
not, (i) violate or conflict with the Company's Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws or the comparable organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) constitute a breach or default (or an event that with notice or lapse of
time or both would become a breach or default) or give rise to any lien, third
party right of termination, cancellation, material modification or acceleration,
or loss of any benefit, under any Contract (hereinafter defined) to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound except as set forth
on the Company Schedule, or (iii) subject to the consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, filings, declarations and registrations specified in Section 2.7
or in the Company Schedule in response thereto, conflict with or result in a
violation of any permit, concession, franchise or license or any law, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
properties or assets, except such conflicts or violations which would not result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
2.7 Governmental Consents and Approvals. Except as set forth on the Company
Schedule, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will require any consent,
approval, order, authorization, or permit of, or filing with or notification to,
any local, state, federal or foreign court, administrative agency, commission or
other governmental or regulatory authority, agency or instrumentality
("Governmental Entity"), except (a) notification pursuant to, and expiration or
termination of the waiting period under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(the "HSR Act"), if required, (b) the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, (c) the
Alcohol and Gaming Control Commission of Ontario (the "Ontario Commission"), (d)
the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation ("Ontario Corporation"), (e) the
Chippewas of Rama First Nation (the "Rama Nation") and (f) the filing and
recording of the Articles of Merger in accordance with the FBCA and a
Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL. The consents or approvals
referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the preceding sentence are
referred to as the "Regulatory Approvals." The Louisiana Gaming Control Board,
the Ontario Commission, the Ontario Corporation and the Rama Nation are referred
to herein individually as a "Gaming Authority" and collectively as the "Gaming
Authorities."
2.8 Financial Statements. The Company has delivered to Parent true and complete
copies of consolidated balance sheets of the Gaming Business at November 30,
1999, 1998 and 1997 and the related consolidated statements of earnings, changes
in shareholders' equity and statements of cash flow for the fiscal years then
ended, together with the notes thereto, audited, in the case of 1998 and 1997,
by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the "Company's Auditors"), all of which have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved ("GAAP"), and the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and Subsidiaries at April 30, 2000 and
the related consolidated statements of earnings for the five-month period then
ended (without notes). Such balance sheets fairly present the consolidated
financial position, assets and liabilities (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates
indicated and such statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity (where
applicable) and cash flows (where applicable) fairly present the consolidated
results of operations, changes in shareholders' equity (where applicable) and
cash flows (where applicable) of the Gaming Business for the periods indicated.
Attached as Exhibit C is a copy of the February 29, 2000 unaudited balance sheet
of the Gaming Business (the "February Gaming Balance Sheet"). The February
Gaming Balance Sheet fairly presents the financial position, assets and
liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Gaming
Business at the date indicated in accordance with GAAP (other than the absence
of notes). The Company will, prior to September 30, 2000, deliver to Parent the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Gaming Business as of the date of
this Agreement, and the related consolidated unaudited statement of earnings for
the period then ended (without notes). Such balance sheet will be consistently
prepared with the February Gaming Balance Sheet and will fairly present the
consolidated financial position, assets and liabilities (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Gaming Business Company and
Subsidiaries at the date indicated. The consolidated balance sheet of the Gaming
Business at November 30, 1999 described above is referred to herein as the
"Company 1999 Balance Sheet".
2.9 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as described in the Company Schedule,
since November 30, 1999 (the "Audit Date"), the Company and the Subsidiaries
have conducted their business solely in the ordinary course consistent with past
practice. Except as otherwise disclosed on the Company Schedule, since the Audit
Date, the Company and the Subsidiaries have not:
(a) been subject to any other events or conditions of any character that would
have a Material Adverse Effect or impair the ability of the Company to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or prevent or delay the consummation of any
of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) made any material change to their respective accounting methods, principles
or practices;
(c) been subject to any revaluation of any assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(d) incurred any material liabilities, other than liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or discharged or
satisfied any material Lien, or paid any material liabilities, other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or failed to pay or
discharge when due any liabilities of which the failure to pay or discharge has
caused or will cause any material damage or risk of material loss to it or any
of its material assets or properties; or
(e) taken or been subject to any other action or event that would have required
the consent of Parent pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof.
2.10 Indebtedness; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. The Company Schedule
discloses as of the date hereof all indebtedness for money borrowed of the
Company or any Subsidiary, accurately disclosing for each such indebtedness the
payee, the original principal amount of the loan, the current unpaid balance of
the loan, the interest rate and the maturity date. Neither the Company nor the
Subsidiaries have any material indebtedness, liability or obligation of any kind
(whether known or unknown, accrued, absolute, asserted or unasserted, contingent
or otherwise) except (i) as and to the extent reflected, reserved against or
otherwise disclosed in the Company 1999 Balance Sheet, or (ii) for liabilities
and obligations incurred subsequent to the Audit Date in the ordinary course of
business which would not impair the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and which would not prevent or delay the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.11 Assets. Except as described in the Company Schedule, the Company and the
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all their real and personal
properties and assets, including, without limitation, those assets and
properties reflected in the Company 1999 Balance Sheet in the amounts and
categories reflected therein, free and clear of all Liens, except (a) the lien
of current taxes not yet due and payable, (b) properties, interests, and assets
disposed of by the Company or any Subsidiary since the Balance Sheet Date solely
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (c) such
secured indebtedness as is disclosed in the Company 1999 Balance Sheet covering
the properties referred to therein, and (d) such imperfections of title,
easements and encumbrances, if any, as are not substantial in character, amount
or extent and do not materially detract from the value, or interfere with the
present or proposed use, of the properties subject thereto ("Permitted Liens").
All buildings, structures, facilities, equipment and other items of tangible
personal property reflected on the Company 1999 Balance Sheet or acquired since
the Audit Date are in satisfactory operating condition and repair, subject to
normal wear and maintenance, are useable in the regular and ordinary course of
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and conform to all applicable laws,
statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations and Authorizations
(hereinafter defined) relating to their construction, use and operation in all
material respects. The method of amortization or depreciation used by the
Company for financial reporting purposes is sufficient to write-off entirely
each building, structure, facility and item of equipment or other tangible
personal property during its useful life.
2.12 Contracts.
(a) The Company Schedule lists each written or oral contract, agreement,
arrangement, lease, instrument, mortgage or commitment to which the Company or a
Subsidiary is a party or may be bound or to which their respective properties or
assets may be subject ("Contract") (i) which is material to the Company or a
Subsidiary; (ii) which is with any present or former employee or for the
employment of any person or consultant or which is a non-compete arrangement
with any employee of the Company or a Subsidiary; (iii) which is a severance
agreement, program or policy of the Company or a Subsidiary with or relating to
its employees; (iv) under the terms of which any of the rights or obligations of
a party thereto will be modified or altered as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby or which contain change in control provisions; (v) which
involves a material commission, representative, franchise, distributorship, or
sales agency arrangement; (vi) which is a material conditional sale or lease
arrangement; (vii) which involves a material license, or other arrangement which
relates in whole or in part to any software, patent, trademark, trade name,
service mark or copyright or to any ideas, technical assistance or other
know-how of or used by the Company or a Subsidiary in the conduct of its
business; (viii) which is with a Gaming Authority; (ix) which represents any
confidentiality or non-disclosure arrangement pursuant to which the Company or a
Subsidiary has agreed to keep confidential information obtained from any other
person; (x) which is an arrangement limiting or restraining the Company or any
Subsidiary or any successor thereto from engaging or competing in any manner or
in any business; or (xi) under which the Company or any Subsidiary guarantees
the payment or performance by others or in any way is or will be liable with
respect to material obligations of any other person.
(b) All Contracts are valid and binding and in full force and effect as to the
Company on the date of this Agreement in all material respects. None of the
Company, the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company's knowledge, any other parties,
have violated any provision of, or committed or failed to perform any act which
with notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a material default or a
basis of terminating under the provisions of, any Contract. True and complete
copies of all Contracts listed on the Company Schedule, together with all
amendments thereto through the date hereof, have been delivered to Parent. The
Contracts are unamended except as set forth in the Company Schedule. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has waived any rights under any Contract.
2.13 Insurance. The Company Schedule accurately sets forth as of the date hereof
all policies of insurance, other than title insurance policies, held by or on
behalf of the Company and the Subsidiaries and all outstanding or threatened
claims thereunder in excess, individually or in the aggregate, of $50,000. All
such policies of insurance are in full force and effect, and no notice of
cancellation has been received. In the reasonable judgment of the Company, such
policies are in amounts which are adequate in relation to the business and
properties of the Company, and all premiums to date have been paid in full.
2.14 Authorizations; Compliance With Law.
(a) The Company and the Subsidiaries hold all licenses, franchises,
registrations, certificates, consents, permits, approvals, certificates of
public convenience and necessity, and authorizations ("Authorizations") from all
Governmental Entities and other persons (including, without limitation, all
required Authorizations which may be issued or required by the Gaming
Authorities) which are necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective
businesses and their use and occupancy of their assets and properties in the
manner heretofore conducted, used and occupied, except where failure to do so
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. A complete and correct list of
the material Authorizations held by the Company or a Subsidiary is set forth in
the Company Schedule. True and complete copies of all Authorizations listed on
the Company Schedule, together with all amendments thereto through the date
hereof, have been delivered to Parent. All of such Authorizations are valid, in
good standing and in full force and effect and the Company and the Subsidiaries
have duly performed in all material respects all of their respective obligations
under such Authorizations. To the Company's and the Shareholders' knowledge, no
event has occurred with respect to the material Authorizations which permits, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, revocation or termination
thereof or would result in any other material impairment of the rights of the
holder of any of the Authorizations, and no terminations or revocations thereof
have been, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(b) The Company, the Subsidiaries and each of their respective directors,
officers and gaming managers are in compliance with the terms of the
Authorizations issued by the Gaming Authorities. No investigation or review by
any Gaming Authority with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary is pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor has any Gaming
Authority indicated an intention to conduct the same. Except as disclosed in the
Company Schedule, to the best knowledge of the Company, neither the Company, the
Subsidiaries nor any director, officer or gaming manager of the Company or the
Subsidiaries has received any written claim, demand, notice, complaint, court
order or administrative order from any Governmental Entity in the past three
years, asserting that a license or registration of it or them, as applicable,
issued by any Gaming Authority, should be revoked or suspended. Neither the
Company, the Subsidiaries nor any of the Shareholders knows of any facts which,
if known to any of the Gaming Authorities, could reasonably be expected to
result in the revocation or suspension of an Authorization, or of any officer,
director or gaming manager, or would be reasonably expected to disqualify the
Company from any Authorization.
(c) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all
applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations of any
Governmental Entities, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received
any notice from a Governmental Entity within five years of the date hereof of
any such violation which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
2.15 Taxes.
"Taxes" shall mean any federal, state, provincial, municipal, territorial, local
or foreign taxes, assessments, deficiencies, levies, imposts, customs duties,
fees and other governmental charges or impositions or similar charges in the
nature of a tax including Canada Pension Plan and provincial pension plan
contributions, unemployment and employment insurance payments and workers'
compensation premiums, together with any installments with respect thereto, and
whether disputed or not, including, without limitation, all income tax,
unemployment compensation, social security, payroll, sales and use, excise,
goods and services, value added, capital, capital gains, alternative, net worth,
profits, withholding, employer health, privilege, real and personal property, ad
valorem, transfer, franchise, license, school and any other tax or similar
governmental charge or imposition (together with interest, fines, penalties or
additions with respect thereto) under laws of the United States or any state or
municipal or political subdivision thereof or any foreign country or
jurisdiction or any province, municipality, territory or other political
subdivision thereof. All federal, state, provincial, municipal, territorial,
local and foreign tax returns, declarations, remittances, information returns,
reports, statements and other similar filings and documents of every nature
required to be filed by or on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiaries in
respect of any Taxes or in respect of any other provision in any domestic or
foreign federal, state, provincial, municipal, territorial, local or other
taxing statute (the "Tax Returns") on or prior to the date hereof or with
respect to taxable or fiscal periods ending on or prior to the date hereof with
respect to any Taxes have been timely filed with the appropriate governmental
agencies in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required to be
filed, any other Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company or a Subsidiary
in respect of any taxable or fiscal period ending on or before the Effective
Time will be timely filed with the appropriate governmental agencies in all
jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required to be filed, any other Tax
Returns required to be filed by the Company or a Subsidiary in respect of any
taxable or fiscal period ending on or before the Effective Time will be timely
filed with the appropriate governmental agencies in all jurisdictions in which
such Tax Returns are required to be filed subject to the provisions of Section
9.1, and all such Tax Returns correctly reflect the liabilities of the Company
and the Subsidiaries for Taxes for the periods, property or events covered
thereby, are complete in all material respects, and no material fact has been
omitted therefrom. Copies of all Tax Returns for the fiscal year ended November
30, 1999, will be filed and will be provided by the Company or the Subsidiaries
to Parent by August 15, 2000. Except as disclosed in the Company Schedule, no
extension of time in which to file any Tax Return is in effect. The Company has
provided or made available all Tax Returns for the five preceding fiscal years.
(a) Except as disclosed in the Company Schedule, all Taxes in respect of all
taxable or fiscal periods ending on or prior to the Effective Time, including
those without limitation which are called for by the Tax Returns or by any
assessments or reassessments in respect of the Tax Returns, have been fully paid
or properly accrued in accordance with United States or Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles, as the case may be, in financial statements of
the Company or any Subsidiary delivered to Parent on or before the Closing Date.
No other Taxes in respect of any taxable or fiscal period ending on or prior to
the Effective Time are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary. The
accruals for Taxes contained in the Company 1999 Balance Sheet are adequate to
cover the tax liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the Audit
Date and include adequate provision for all deferred taxes, and nothing has
occurred subsequent to that date to make any of such accruals inadequate.
(b) Except as disclosed in the Company Schedule, neither the Company nor the
Subsidiaries have received any notice or indication of an assessment or
reassessment or proposed assessment or reassessment in connection with any Taxes
or Tax Returns, regardless of its merits, and there are no pending tax
examinations of or tax claims asserted against the Company or the Subsidiaries
or any of their respective assets or properties. Except as disclosed in the
Company Schedule, there are no outstanding issues which have been raised and
communicated to the Company or the Subsidiaries by any governmental agency for
any taxation year or period in respect of which a Tax Return has been audited.
No governmental agency has challenged or disputed the Company or any Subsidiary
in respect of Taxes or of any Tax Returns. The Company is not negotiating any
draft assessment or reassessment with any governmental agency. There are no
outstanding issues which have been raised and communicated to the Company or the
Subsidiaries by any governmental agency for any taxation year or period in
respect of which a Tax Return has been audited. Except as disclosed in the
Company Schedule, no governmental agency has challenged, disputed or questioned
the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of Taxes or of any Tax Returns which
remains unresolved. The Company is not negotiating any draft assessment or
reassessment with any governmental agency. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has extended, or waived the application of, any statute of
limitations or time period of any jurisdiction regarding the assessment,
reassessment or collection of any Taxes.
(c) There are no tax liens (other than any lien for current taxes not yet due
and payable) on any of the assets or properties of the Company or the
Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any Shareholder has any
knowledge of any basis for any additional assessment or reassessment of any
Taxes or of any contingent liabilities for Taxes, including, without limitation,
unreported benefits conferred on any shareholder of the Company or a Subsidiary.
All taxation years up to and including the taxation year listed on the Company
Schedule are considered closed by Canadian federal and provincial governmental
agencies for the purpose of all Taxes. The Company and the Subsidiaries have
made all deposits required by law to be made with respect to employees'
withholding and other employment taxes, including, without limitation, the
portion of such deposits relating to Taxes imposed upon the Company or the
Subsidiaries.
(d) The Company and the Subsidiaries have withheld from each payment made to any
of their present or former employees, officers and directors, and to all persons
who are non-residents of Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada),
all amounts required by law to be withheld, and furthermore, have remitted such
withheld amounts within the prescribed periods to the appropriate governmental
agency, except where there would be no Material Adverse Effect from the failure
to withhold. The Company and the Subsidiaries have remitted all Canada Pension
Plan contributions, provincial pension plan contributions, unemployment and
employment insurance premiums, employer health taxes and other Taxes payable by
them in respect of their employees and have remitted such amounts to the proper
governmental agency within the time required under the applicable legislation.
The Company and the Subsidiaries have charged, collected and remitted on a
timely basis all Taxes as required under applicable legislation on any sale,
supply or delivery whatsoever, made by the Company or the Subsidiaries.
(e) There are no circumstances existing which could result in the application of
section 78 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any equivalent provincial provision
to the Company or any Subsidiary.
(f) At Closing, for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), the
Subsidiaries chartered or incorporated in Canada or any province thereof (the
"Canada Subsidiaries") will own depreciable property of the prescribed classes
and having undepreciated capital costs as set out in the Company Schedule.
(g) The Company and the Subsidiaries will not at any time be deemed to have a
capital gain pursuant to subsection 80.03(2) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) as a
result of any transaction or event taking place in any taxable or fiscal period
ending on or before Closing.
(h) Any Taxes that arise from the distribution or spin-off by the Company of the
Divestiture Entities, as provided in Section 4.1, shall be the sole
responsibility of the Shareholders.
2.16 Absence of Litigation; Claims. Except as described on the Company Schedule,
there are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any properties or rights of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or with respect to which any director, officer, employee or agent
is or may be entitled to claim indemnification from the Company or any
Subsidiary, before any Governmental Entity or arbitrator, which, if decided
adversely to the Company or such Subsidiary, would result in a loss in excess of
$50,000 or impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or prevent or delay the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated hereby, nor is there any judgement, decree, injunction, rule or
order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries having or which, insofar as reasonably can be
foreseen, in the future would have such effect.
2.17 Employee Benefit Plans; Employment Agreements.
(a) The Company Schedule lists all employee benefit plans (as defined in Section
3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA")) and all bonus, stock option, stock purchase, incentive, deferred
compensation, supplemental retirement, severance and other similar fringe or
employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and any current or former
employment or executive compensation or severance agreements, written or
otherwise, for the benefit of, or relating to, any employee of the Company, any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a
controlled group including the Company or which is under common control with the
Company (an "ERISA Affiliate") within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code, or
any subsidiary of the Company, as well as each plan with respect to which the
Company or an ERISA Affiliate could incur liability under Section 4069 (if such
plan has been or were terminated) or Section 4212(c) of ERISA (together, the
"Employee Plans"), excluding former agreements under which the Company has no
remaining obligations and any of the foregoing that are required to be
maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate under the laws of any foreign
jurisdiction or that relate exclusively to employees of the Company, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate employed outside the United States. With
respect to each Employee Plan, as applicable, a copy of (i) each such written
Employee Plan (other than those referred to in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA,
together with all amendments, trust agreements, insurance policies and service
agreements; (ii) the three most recently filed Forms 5500 or 5500 C/R and any
financial statements attached thereto; (iii) the most recent IRS determination
letter; (iv) the most recent summary plan description; and (v) all reports
submitted within the presiding three years by third-party administrators,
actuaries, investment managers, consultants, or other independent contractors,
has been made available to Parent.
(b) (i) Except as set forth in the Company Schedule, or as required by Section
4980B of the Code, none of the Employee Plans promises or provides retiree
medical or other retiree welfare benefits to any person and none of the Employee
Plans is a 'multiemployer plan' as such term is defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA; (ii) there has not been any breach of any fiduciary duty, as described in
Section 404 of ERISA, or no "prohibited transaction", as such term is defined in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, with respect to any Employee
Plan, which may reasonably be expected to result in any material liability of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) all Employee Plans are in
compliance in all material respects with the requirements prescribed by any and
all statutes (including ERISA and the Code), orders, or governmental rules and
regulations currently in effect with respect thereto (including all applicable
requirements for notification to participants or the Department of Labor,
Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") or Secretary of the Treasury), all Employee
Plans have been operated at all times substantially in accordance with their
terms, and the Company and each of its subsidiaries have performed all material
obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any material
respect in default under or violation of, and have no knowledge of any default
or violation by any other party to, any of the Employee Plans; (iv) each
Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and each
trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code is the subject of a
favorable determination letter from the IRS or may rely upon an opinion letter
issued with respect to the prototype or volume submitted plan that was the basis
of the Employee Plan, and nothing has occurred which may reasonably be expected
to impair such determination subject to the ability of the employer that
sponsors the Employee Plan to amend the plan to comply with recent law changes
within such plan's "remedial amendment period," or provided by the IRS; (v) all
contributions required to be made to any Employee Plan pursuant to Section 412
of the Code, or the terms of the Employee Plan or any collective bargaining
agreement, have been made on or before their due dates and a reasonable amount
has been accrued for contributions to each Employee Plan for the current plan
years; (vi) with respect to each Employee Plan, no "reportable event" within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA (excluding any such event for which the thirty
(30) day notice requirement has been waived under the regulations to Section
4043 of ERISA) nor any event described in Section 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4041 of
ERISA has occurred; and (vii) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA
(other than liability for premium payments to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation arising in the ordinary course); (vii) neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability for any excise, income or other taxes
or penalties with respect to any Employee Plan, and no event has occurred and no
circumstance exists that may reasonably be expected to give rise to any such
liability; (ix) there are no pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened
claims against any Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or
against any fiduciary or an Employee Plan with respect to such plan, nor is
there any basis for such a claim; and (x) no Employee Plan is presently under
audit or examination (nor has notice been received of a potential audit or
examination) by any governmental entity, and no matters are pending with respect
to any Employee Plan under any governmental corrective or remedial program.
(c) The Company Schedule sets forth all of the employee benefit, health,
welfare, supplemental unemployment benefit, bonus, pension, profit sharing,
deferred compensation, stock compensation, stock purchase, retirement,
hospitalization insurance, medical, dental, legal, disability and similar plans
or arrangements or practices relating to the employees employed by the Canadian
Subsidiaries (the "Canadian Benefit Plans"), excluding former plans,
arrangements or practices under the Canadian Benefit Plans under which neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has any liability. No material changes have
occurred to the Canadian Benefit Plans or, excluding changes in interest rates
or investment returns, are expected to occur which would affect the actuarial
reports or financial statements required to be provided to Parent pursuant to
this Section 2.17.
(d) All of the Canadian Benefit Plans are and have been established, registered,
qualified, invested and administered, in all respects, in accordance with all
laws, regulations, orders or other legislative, administrative or judicial
promulgations application to the Canadian Benefit Plans ("Applicable Benefit
Laws") and in accordance with all understandings, written or oral, between (i)
the Company and/or the Canadian Subsidiaries and (ii) the employees of the
Company and/or the employees of the Subsidiaries. No fact or circumstance exists
that could adversely affect the tax-exempt status of any Canadian Benefit Plan
which enjoys such status.
(e) All obligations of the Company and the Canadian Subsidiaries regarding the
Canadian Benefit Plans have been satisfied, there are no outstanding defaults or
violations by any party thereto and no taxes, penalties or fees are owing or
exigible under any of the Canadian Benefit Plans by the Company or any Canadian
Subsidiary. The Company or a Canadian Subsidiary may unilaterally amend, modify,
vary or terminate, in whole or in part, each Canadian Benefit Plan and take
contribution holidays under or withdraw surplus from each Canadian Benefit Plan,
subject only to approvals required by, and restrictions imposed by, Applicable
Benefit Laws.
(f) No Canadian Benefit Plan, nor any related trust or other funding medium
thereunder, is subject to any pending investigation, examination or other
proceeding, action or claim initiated by any governmental agency or
instrumentality, or by any other entity (other than routine claims for
benefits). Further, should any matter arise which could affect the registration
of any of the Canadian Benefit Plans, the Company or a Canadian Subsidiary will,
in a timely fashion, take all steps required to ensure such registration is not
affected.
(g) All contributions or premiums required to be made by the Company and/or the
Canadian Subsidiaries under the terms of each Canadian Benefit Plan or by
Applicable Benefit Laws have been made in a timely fashion in accordance with
Applicable Benefit Laws and the terms of the Canadian Benefit Plans, and neither
the Company nor any Canadian Subsidiary has, and as of Closing will not have,
any liability (other than liabilities accruing after the Closing Date) with
respect to any of the Canadian Benefit Plans which would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h) No material amendments have been made to any Canadian Benefit Plan and no
improvements to any Canadian Benefit Plan have been promised and no amendments
or improvements to a Canadian Benefit Plan will be made or promised prior to the
Closing Date. There have been no improper withdrawals, applications or transfers
of assets from any Canadian Benefit Plan or the trusts or other funding media
relating thereto, and none of the Company, any Canadian Subsidiary, nor any of
their agents has been in breach which would have a Material Adverse Effect of
any fiduciary obligation with respect to the administration of the Canadian
Benefit Plans or the trusts or other funding media relating thereto which would
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) CRC has furnished to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all the
Canadian Benefit Plans as amended as of the date hereof together with all
material related documentation including, without limitation, funding
agreements, actuarial reports, funding and financial information returns and
statements, all professional opinions (whether or not internally prepared) with
respect to each Canadian Benefit Plan, all material internal memoranda
concerning the Canadian Benefit Plans, copies of material correspondence with
all regulatory authorities with respect to each Canadian Benefit Plan and plan
summaries, booklets and personnel manuals.
(j) Each Canadian Benefit Plan is fully funded or is fully insured on both an
ongoing and solvency basis pursuant to the actuarial assumptions in the Company
Schedule. None of the Canadian Benefit Plans enjoys any special tax status under
the Income Tax Act (Canada) or under other applicable legislation, nor have any
advance tax rulings been sought or received in respect of the Canadian Benefit
Plans. All employee data necessary to administer each Canadian Benefit Plan has
been provided by CRC to Parent and is true and correct as of the date hereof,
and CRC will notify Parent of any changes thereto occurring prior to the Closing
Date. No insurance policy or any other contract or agreement affecting any
Canadian Benefit Plan requires or permits any material retroactive increase in
premiums or payments due thereunder.
(k) Except as disclosed in the Company Schedule, none of the Canadian Benefit
Plans provide benefits to retired employees or to the beneficiaries or
dependents of retired employees.
(l) The Company Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of each current or
former employee, officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
who holds any option to purchase Company Common Stock as of the date hereof,
together with the number of shares of Company Common Stock which are subject to
such option, the date of grant of such option, the extent to which such option
is vested (or will become vested within six months on or after the date hereof,
or as a result of, the Merger), the option price of such option (to the extent
determined as of the date hereof), whether such option is intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code (an
"ISO"), and the expiration date of such option. The Company Schedule also sets
forth the total number of such ISOs and such nonqualified options.
(m) Any amount that could be received (whether in cash or property or the
vesting of property) as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement by any employee, officer or director of the Company or any of its
affiliates who is a "disqualified individual" (as such term is defined in
Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) under any employment, severance
or termination agreement, other compensation arrangement or Employee Plan
currently in effect would not be characterized as an "excess parachute payment"
(as such term is defined in Section 280G of the Code).
2.18 Labor Matters.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to or bound by any
collective bargaining agreement or other labor agreement with any union or labor
organization and no union or labor organization has been recognized by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries as an exclusive bargaining representative for
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company's knowledge,
there is no current union representation question involving employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor does the Company have knowledge of any
significant activity or proceeding of any labor organization (or representative
thereof) or employee group to organize any such employees. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any commitment not in collective bargaining
agreements listed on the Company Schedule that would require the application of
the terms of any collective bargaining agreements entered into by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to Parent, to any joint venture of Parent, or to any
Subsidiary of Parent (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries). Except as
disclosed on the Company Schedule, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have
been and are being operated in material compliance with all Applicable Laws
relating to employees, including employment standards, occupational health and
safety, human rights, labor relations, workers compensation, pay equity and
employment equity, including, without limitation, the Americans with
Disabilities Act (the "ADA") and the Family Medical Leave Act except where
failure to be in compliance with the ADA would not result in expense or loss to
the Company or Subsidiaries in excess of $250,000; (ii) there is no material
active arbitration under any collective bargaining agreement involving the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) there is no material unfair labor
practice, grievance, employment discrimination or other labor or employment
related charge, complaint or claim against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pending before any court, arbitrator, mediator or governmental
agency or tribunal, or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened, (iv) there is no
material strike, picketing or work stoppage by, or any lockout of, employees of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending, or to the Company's knowledge,
threatened, against or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (v)
there is no significant active arbitration under any collective bargaining
agreement involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding the
employer's right to move work from one location or entity to another, or to
consolidate work locations, or involving other similar restrictions on business
operations.
(b) No Employee is on long-term disability leave, extended absence or receiving
benefits pursuant to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (Ontario). Neither
the Company nor any of its Canadian Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any
statutorily required re-employment of any Employee. All current assessments
under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (Ontario) in relation to the
Company and its Canadian Subsidiaries have been paid or accrued and neither the
Company nor any of its Canadian Subsidiaries have been subject to any special or
penalty assessment under such legislation which has not been paid.
2.19 Environmental Matters.
(a) In all material respects, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and neither the Company nor
any of the Subsidiaries has received any written or, to the Company's knowledge,
oral, communication from any person or Governmental Entity that alleges that the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is not, in all material respects, in
compliance with applicable Environmental Laws except as set forth on the Company
Schedule.
(b) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has obtained or has applied for all
material authorizations and permits required under any applicable Environmental
Laws ("Environmental Permits") necessary for the construction of their
facilities or the conduct of their operations, and all such material
Environmental Permits are effective or, where applicable, a renewal application
has been timely filed and is pending agency approval, and the Company and the
Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all terms and conditions of the
Environmental Permits. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
knowledge (without independent review or audit) of any past or present events,
conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, actions or plans
that may interfere with, or prevent, future continued material compliance on the
part of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with the material Environmental
Permits. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has knowledge of
matters or conditions that would preclude reissuance or transfer (to the extent
transferable) of any material Environmental Permit, including amendment of such
instrument, to Parent or one of its Subsidiaries where such action is necessary
to maintain compliance with Environmental Laws in all material respects.
(c) There is no material Environmental Claim (as defined below) pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened (i) against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, (ii) against any person or entity whose liability for any
Environmental Claim the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has or may have
retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, or (iii)
against any real or personal property or operations which the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries owns, leases or manages, in whole or in part.
(d) The Company has no knowledge of any reportable Releases of any Hazardous
Material in contravention of any Environmental Law that would be reasonably
likely to form the basis of any material Environmental Claim against the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries, or against any person or entity whose liability for
any material Environmental Claim the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has or
may have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of
the Company, any owner of premises leased or operated by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has filed any notice with respect to such premises under
federal, state, local or foreign law indicating past or present treatment,
storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials, as regulated under 40 C.F.R. Parts
264-267 or any state, local or foreign equivalent or is engaging or has engaged
in business operations involving the generation, transportation, treatment,
recycle or disposal of any waste regulated under Environmental Laws pertaining
to radioactive materials or the nuclear power industry, including, without
limitation, requirements of Volume 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(f) None of the properties owned, leased or operated by the Company, the
Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any predecessor thereof are
now or were in the past, listed on the National Priorities list of Superfund
Sites, the CERCLIS Information System, or any other comparable state or local
environmental database.
(g) As used in this Section 2.19:
(i) "Environmental Claim" means any and all written orders, administrative,
regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, directives,
claims, liens, investigations, proceedings or notices of noncompliance or
violation (written or oral) by any person or entity (including any federal,
state, local or foreign Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the
Company or the Subsidiaries) alleging potential liability of the Company or
the Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, potential responsibility
for or liability for enforcement, investigatory costs, cleanup costs,
governmental response costs, removal costs, remedial costs, natural
resources damages, property damages, personal injuries or penalties)
arising out of, based on or resulting from (A) the presence, or Release or
threatened Release into the environment, of any Hazardous Materials at any
Company location or Company riverboat, whether or not owned, operated,
leased or managed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (including but
not limited to obligations to clean up contamination resulting from leaking
underground storage tanks); or (B) circumstances forming the basis of any
violation by the Company or the Subsidiaries of any Environmental Law; or
(C) any and all claims by any third party against the Company or the
Subsidiaries seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery,
compensation or injunctive relief resulting from the presence or Release of
any Hazardous Materials.
(ii) "Environmental Laws" means all applicable foreign, federal, state and local
laws (including the common law), rules, ------------------ requirements and
regulations relating to pollution, the environment (including, without
limitation, ambient air, rivers, surface water, groundwater, land surface
or subsurface strata) or protection of human health as it relates to the
environment including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to
Releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Hazardous Materials and the protection of rivers and other
water bodies (including, without limitation, the federal Oil Pollution Act
of 1990, the Clean Water Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, the Clean Air
Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act).
(iii)"Hazardous Materials" means (A) any petroleum or any by-products or
fractions thereof, asbestos in any form that is or could
------------------- become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, any
form of natural gas, explosives, and polychlorinated biphenyls; (B) any
chemicals, materials or substances, whether waste materials, raw materials
or finished products, which are now defined as or included in the
definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous wastes," "hazardous
materials," "extremely hazardous substances," "restricted hazardous
wastes," "toxic substances," "toxic pollutants," "pollutants,"
"contaminants" or words of similar import under any Environmental Law; and
(C) any other chemical, material or substance, whether waste materials, raw
materials or finished products, regulated or forming the basis of liability
under any Environmental Law in a jurisdiction in which the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries operates.
(iv) "Release" means any release, spill, emission, leaking, injection,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, atmosphere,
soil, surface water, groundwater or property).
2.20 Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on the Company Schedule, the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed or otherwise
possesses legally enforceable rights to use, all material patents,
trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, industrial designs and
any applications and registrations therefor, technology, know-how, computer
software programs or applications, and tangible or intangible proprietary
information or materials that are used in its or any of its Subsidiaries'
businesses as currently conducted, and all patents, trademarks, trade
names, service marks and copyrights and registrations for industrial
designs held by it or its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting. The
Company and its Subsidiaries are not, nor will any of them be as a result
of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of its
obligations hereunder, in violation of any licenses, sublicenses and other
agreements as to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and
pursuant to which it or any Subsidiary is authorized to use any third-party
patents, trademarks, service marks and copyrights ("Third-Party
Intellectual Property Right"). To the Company's knowledge, no claims as of
the date hereof with respect to (a) the patents, registered and material
unregistered trademarks and service marks, registered copyrights, trade
names, industrial designs and any applications therefor owned by it or any
of its Subsidiaries (the "Owned Intellectual Property Rights"), (b) any
trade secrets material to it or (c) Third-Party Intellectual Property
Rights, are currently pending or, threatened by any person or entity.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have licensed any of the
owned Intellectual Property to any third party. To the Company's knowledge,
there is no unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of any of
the Owned Intellectual Property Rights by any third party, including by any
of its or any of its Subsidiaries' employees or former employees.
2.21 Brokers and Finders. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor any of
their respective officers, directors or employees has employed any broker,
finder or consultant or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees,
commissions, finder's or consulting fees in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein.
2.22 Adequacy of Disclosure. The Company has made available to Parent copies of
all documents listed or referred to in the Company Schedule hereto or referred
to herein. Such copies are, and all documents and materials delivered or made
available in connection with Parent's investigation of the Company in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby are, true and complete in all material
respects and include all amendments, supplements and modifications thereto or
waivers currently in effect thereunder. No representation or warranty by the
Company in this Agreement nor any certificate, schedule, statement, document or
instrument furnished or to be furnished to Parent pursuant hereto, or in
connection with the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement
(excluding all reports, studies and materials prepared by persons other than the
Company or its officers, directors, employees or agents), contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a
material fact required to be stated herein or therein or necessary to make any
statement herein or therein not misleading. There is no fact known to the
Company that has specific application to the Company (other than general
economic or industry conditions) and that materially adversely affects or, as
far as the Company can reasonably foresee, materially threatens, the business,
operations, assets, properties, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries that has not been set forth in this
Agreement or the Company Schedule.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub each represents and warrants to the Company as
follows:
3.1 Organization and Powers. Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida. Each of Parent and the
Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its
business as it has been and is now being conducted and to own, lease and operate
the properties and assets used in connection therewith.
3.2 Authority; Binding Effect. Parent has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. All necessary action, corporate or otherwise,
required to have been taken by or on behalf of it by applicable law, its charter
document or otherwise to authorize (i) the approval, execution and delivery on
its behalf of this Agreement and (ii) its performance of its obligations under
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has
been taken. This Agreement constitutes Parent's valid and binding agreement,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (A) as the same may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws of
general application relating to or affecting creditors' rights, including,
without limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent
conveyances and preferential transfers, and (B) for the limitations imposed by
general principles of equity.
3.3 No Conflict; Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement do not,
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, (i)
violate or conflict with the Parent's or Merger Sub's charter or bylaws or (ii)
constitute a breach or default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a breach or default) or give rise to any lien, third party
right of termination, cancellation, material modification or acceleration, or
loss of any benefit, under any contract to which the Parent or any subsidiary is
a party or by which it is bound.
3.4 Brokers and Finders. Neither the Parent nor any of its respective officers,
directors or employees has employed any broker, finder or consultant or incurred
any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions, finder's or consulting fees
in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except that the Parent
has employed The Fort Hill Group as its financial advisor.
3.5 Licensing. Parent does not know of any facts which, if known to the
Louisiana or Ontario gaming regulatory authorities, could reasonably be expected
to disqualify Parent or Licensed Person (as herein defined) from obtaining a
gaming license in Louisiana or from being authorized to operate Casino Rama or
which would materially delay the issuance to Parent of a gaming license in
Louisiana or authorization to operate Casino Rama.
4. OTHER AGREEMENTS
4.1 Conduct of the Company's Business. Exhibit D attached hereto sets forth a
list of the subsidiaries of the Company and other assets which the Company
intends to divest prior to the Closing (the "Divestiture Entities") and the
subsidiaries of the Company which will remain owned directly or indirectly by
the Company as of the Closing (the Company and such remaining Subsidiaries
referred to herein as the "Retained Entities"). The Company covenants and agrees
that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, unless Parent
shall otherwise consent in writing, and except as otherwise expressly
contemplated hereby or described on Exhibit D, the business of the Retained
Entities shall be conducted only in, and such entities shall not take any action
except in, the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past
practice; and the Retained Entities will use their commercially reasonable
efforts to preserve substantially intact the business organization of the
Retained Entities, to keep available the services of those of its present
officers, employees and consultants that are integral to the operation of its
business as presently conducted and to preserve the present relationships of the
Retained Entities with customers, suppliers and other persons with which the
Retained Entities have significant business relations. By way of amplification
and not limitation, except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, the Company agrees on behalf of itself and the Retained Entities
that, without the prior written consent of Parent, they will, between the date
of this Agreement and the Effective Time:
(a) not directly or indirectly do any of the following: (i) amend or propose to
amend its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; (ii) split, combine or reclassify
any outstanding shares of its capital stock, or declare, set aside or pay any
dividend payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise with respect to such
shares, except as contemplated by Section 1.7 hereof; (iii) except as
contemplated by Sections 5.3 and 1.7 hereof and as set forth on Exhibit D,
redeem, purchase, acquire or offer to acquire any shares of its capital stock;
(iv) issue, sell, pledge or dispose of, or agree to issue, sell, pledge or
dispose of, any additional shares of, or securities convertible or exchangeable
for, or any options, warrants or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of,
its capital stock of any class or other property or assets whether pursuant to
any rights agreement, stock option plans described in the Company Schedule or
otherwise, provided that the Company may issue shares of Company Common Stock
pursuant to currently outstanding options referred to in the Company Schedule in
response to Section 2.3 above; or (v) enter into any contract, agreement,
commitment or arrangement with respect to any of the matters set forth in this
paragraph (a);
(b) not, directly or indirectly (i) acquire (by merger, consolidation or
acquisition of stock or assets) any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other business organization or division thereof or make any equity
investments therein; (ii) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber any assets
(including, without limitation, licenses, Authorizations or rights), other than
Divestiture Entities, or enter into any securitization transactions; (iii) incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities exceeding
$250,000 in the aggregate, (iv) make any commitments or agreements for capital
expenditures or capital additions or betterments exceeding in the aggregate
$250,000 except such as may be involved in ordinary repair, maintenance or
replacement of its assets; (v) enter into, amend or modify any material
contract, lease or agreement, including, without limitation, any gaming
management agreement; (vi) terminate, modify, assign, waive, release or
relinquish any material contract rights or amend any material rights or claims
not in the ordinary course of business or except as expressly provided herein;
or (vii) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with
respect to any of the matters set forth in this paragraph (b);
(c) not, directly or indirectly (i) revalue any of its assets, including writing
down the value of inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable, other
than in the ordinary course of business pursuant to arm's length transactions on
commercially reasonable terms, (ii ) make any material change to their
respective accounting methods, principles or practices, or (iii) settle or
compromise any Tax liability, or prepare or file any Tax Return inconsistent
with past practice or, on any such Tax Return, take any position, make any
election, or adopt any method that is inconsistent with positions taken,
elections made or methods used in preparing or filing similar Tax Returns in
prior periods;
(d) not, directly or indirectly, (i) grant any increase in the salary or other
compensation of its employees except in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice or grant any bonus to any employee or enter into
any employment agreement or make any loan to or enter into any material
transaction of any other nature with any officer or employee of the Company;
(ii) take any action to institute any new severance or termination pay practices
with respect to any directors, officers or employees of the Company or to
increase the benefits payable under its severance or termination pay practices;
(iii) adopt or amend, in any respect, except as may be required by applicable
law or regulation, any bonus, profit sharing, compensation, stock option,
restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment or
other employee benefit plan, agreement, trust, fund, plan or arrangement for the
benefit or welfare of any directors, officers or employees;
(e) not, directly or indirectly, take any action which would cause its
representations and warranties contained herein to become inaccurate in any
material respect; and
(f) not, directly or indirectly, take (and will use reasonable efforts to
prevent any affiliate of the Company from taking) or agree in writing or
otherwise to take, (i) any of the actions described in this Section 4.l, (ii)
any action which would make any of the Company's representations or warranties
in this Agreement, if made on and as of the date of such action or agreement,
untrue or incorrect in any material respect or (iii) any action which could
prevent it from performing, or cause it not to perform, its obligations under
this Agreement.
4.2 Access to Information. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, the Company will (a) give Parent and its authorized representatives
reasonable access, during regular business hours upon reasonable notice, to all
offices, warehouses and other facilities and to all of its books and records,
(b) permit Parent to make such reasonable inspections as it may require, and (c)
cause its officers and those of its Subsidiaries to furnish Parent with such
financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business
and properties of the Company, as are normally prepared for management or as
Parent may, from time to time, reasonably request from the officers of the
Company and as the Company may have on hand or be able to produce without
hardship.
4.3 Shareholders' Meeting; Shareholders' Agreements.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, the Company shall take all
action necessary in accordance with the FBCA and its Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws to call, give notice of, convene and hold the Shareholders Meeting as
promptly as practicable (unless such date shall be delayed due to circumstances
reasonably beyond the control of the parties) to consider and vote upon the
approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
and for such other purposes as may be necessary or desirable or by written
consent.
(b) Each of the Shareholders hereby irrevocably agrees to vote in favor of
adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and against
approval of any other recapitalization, merger, business combination, sale of
substantial assets or similar transaction involving the Company (except for the
Merger).
(c) Each Shareholder agrees not to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose
of any of the Shareholder's shares of Company Common Stock until the earlier of
the Effective Time or the date of termination of this Agreement.
(d) Each of the Shareholders agrees to cooperate with Parent and the Company to
seek the Regulatory Approvals and the successful consummation of the Merger.
Each Shareholder hereby agrees not to cause or permit the Company to take any
action that would cause or could reasonably be expected to tend to cause the
conditions of the obligations of the parties to the Merger not to be true,
including, without limitation, taking or causing any action to be taken that
could cause the representations and warranties of the Company not to be true and
complete as of the Closing Date.
(e) Each Shareholder understands and agrees that the Shareholder's covenants and
undertakings contained in this Section 4.3 are uniquely related to the desire of
the parties to consummate the Merger, that the Merger is a unique business
opportunity for Parent and that, although monetary damages may be available for
the breach of such covenants and undertakings, monetary damages would be an
inadequate remedy therefor. Accordingly, each Shareholder agrees that Parent
shall be entitled to obtain specific performance by such Shareholder of every
covenant and undertaking contained in this Section 4.3 to be performed by such
Shareholder.
4.4 Public Announcements. No party hereto shall make any public announcements or
otherwise communicate with any news media with respect to this Agreement or any
of the transactions contemplated hereby without prior consultation with the
other parties as to the timing and contents of any such announcement as may be
reasonable under the circumstances; provided, that nothing contained herein
shall prevent any party from promptly making all filings with Governmental
Entities and all disclosure as may, in its good faith judgment, be required or
advisable in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (in which case the
disclosing party shall advise the other party and provide it with a copy of the
proposed disclosure or filing - excepting disclosures or filings made by Parent
officers and directors - prior to making the disclosure or filing).
4.5 Notification. Each party hereto shall, in the event of, or promptly after
obtaining knowledge of the occurrence or threatened occurrence of, any fact or
circumstance that would cause or constitute a breach of any of its
representations and warranties set forth herein, give notice thereof to the
other parties and shall use its best efforts to prevent or promptly to remedy
such breach; provided, however, that none of such notices shall be deemed to
modify, amend or supplement the representations and warranties of the such party
or the disclosure schedules of such party for the purposes of Section 5 hereof,
unless the other party shall have consented thereto in writing.
4.6 Regulatory and Other Authorizations.
(a) Parent agrees to file an application for the appropriate gaming license in
Louisiana and to file the appropriate disclosure form in Ontario within 30 days
of the date of this Agreement. Parent shall cause all of Parent's shareholders,
officers, directors and/or others who are required to make any filings in
connection with such applications ("Licensed Persons") to file such filings
within 60 days of the date of this Agreement. Parent agrees to use all
reasonable efforts to obtain the Consents and to cause the Licensed Persons to
cooperate with the Gaming Authorities, to provide information requested and to
be available for interviews with the Gaming Authorities, if requested. The
Company and the Shareholders agree to cooperate with Parent and to use
commercially reasonable efforts to assist Parent in obtaining all Consents.
Parent shall allow the Company and its counsel to make inquiry of the Gaming
Authorities as to the status of Parent's licensing and approval process and,
upon the Company's request, shall provide documentation to that effect to the
Gaming Authorities. Parent will notify the Company promptly upon the receipt of
comments or requests from the Gaming Authorities and, on a regular basis, keep
the Company apprised of the status of the approval process. Parent will promptly
notify the Company if it receives any communication from the Gaming Authorities
indicating that approval will not be given.
(b) The parties agree that, to the extent necessary to obtain the required
consents and approvals of the Ontario Commission, the Ontario Corporation and
the Rama Nation, Parent will cause current officers and directors of the Company
or Company subsidiaries, as appropriate, to remain in office.
(c) If required, the Company and Parent shall each make an appropriate filing of
a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act no later than 20 days
after the date hereof and shall promptly respond to any request for additional
information with respect thereto. Each such filing shall request early
termination of the waiting period imposed by the HSR Act.
(d) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
and except for the dispositions of the assets and properties described in
Section 5.3(i), Parent shall have no obligation to oppose, challenge or appeal
any suit action or proceeding by any Governmental Entity before any court or
governmental authority, agency or tribunal, domestic or foreign or any order or
ruling by any such body (i) seeking to restrain or prohibit or restraining or
prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit or prohibiting
or limiting the ownership, operation or control by the Company, Parent or any of
their respective subsidiaries of any portion of the business or assets of the
Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries or seeking to compel or
compelling the Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries to
dispose of, grant rights in respect of, or hold separate any portion of the
business or assets of the Company, Parent or any of their respective
subsidiaries or (iii) proposing to revoke any Authorization. Neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries shall take or agree to take any of the actions
described in the immediately preceding sentence without the prior written
consent of Parent.
4.7 Indemnification of Directors and Officers. For a period of three years after
the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Company as the Surviving Corporation
(a) to maintain in effect the current provisions regarding indemnification of
officers and directors contained in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Company, and (b) to indemnify the directors and officers of the Company to
the full extent to which the Company is permitted to indemnify such officers and
directors under its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and applicable law.
Parent shall provide each individual who served as a director or officer of the
Company at any time prior to the Effective Time with liability insurance for a
period of two years after the Effective Time no less favorable in coverage and
amount than any applicable insurance in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time; provided, however, that Parent shall not be obligated to provide
such coverage to the extent that the cost of such coverage exceeds 125% of the
cost of such coverage immediately prior to the Effective Time.
4.8 No Solicitation. Without the prior written consent of Parent, from and after
the date hereof, the Company will not, and will not authorize or permit any of
the Subsidiaries or their officers, directors, employees, financial advisors,
agents and other representatives ("Representatives") to, directly or indirectly,
(i) solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information)
or take any other action to facilitate knowingly any inquiries or the making of
any proposal which constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an
Acquisition Proposal (as defined herein) from any person, (ii) engage in any
discussion or negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) enter
into any agreement with respect to, agree to, approve or recommend any
Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall immediately cease and terminate any
existing solicitation, initiation, encouragement, activity, discussion or
negotiation with any parties conducted heretofore by the Company with respect to
any Acquisition Proposal. As used herein, "Acquisition Proposal" shall mean a
proposal or offer for a tender or exchange offer, merger, consolidation or other
business combination involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or
any proposal to acquire in any manner a substantial equity interest in, or a
substantial portion of the assets of, the Company or any Subsidiary thereof.
4.9 Baton Rouge Property. No Shareholder or any entity under the control of any
Shareholder shall hereafter acquire any real property related to the casino,
hotel or hospitality businesses in or around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which is
within five miles of the dock of the casino boat operated by LCCI, without the
prior written consent of Parent which may be reasonably or unreasonably withheld
at Parent's sole option. Parent consents to the purchase by LCCI of the real
property as described on Section 4.9 of the Company Schedule (the "Baton Rouge
Property") for a purchase price not to exceed $9,000,000. In the event any
Shareholder or such entity owns or hereafter acquires any such property for a
price equal to or less than $9,000,000, such Shareholder agrees, upon notice by
Parent or LCCI given at any time within one year after the Closing Date, to
sell, transfer and convey (or cause such entity under his control to sell,
transfer and convey) such real property to Parent or LCCI, as the case may be,
free and clear of any mortgages, liens or security interests, in consideration
of the payment of an amount equal to the purchase price paid by Shareholder for
the real property plus the amount of real property taxes, interest and the
interest value of the equity, if any, actually paid by such Shareholder or
entity with respect to such real property.
4.10 Financing. Parent will use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into
definitive agreements providing for the financing of the Merger. Parent shall
periodically report to the Company on the status of such agreements and shall
notify the Company of material developments relating thereto. Parent will
promptly notify the Company of any indication that such financing will not be
obtainable.
4.11 Technical Services. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing, the
Company will, upon request, provide reasonable technical services and advice to
the Parent with respect to the Parent's other gaming operations.
4.12 Financial Statements. Within 45 days after the date of this Agreement, the
Company will deliver to the Parent the opinion of the Company's Auditors with
respect to the November 30, 1999 financial statements of the Gaming Business.
Within 30 days of the date of this Agreement, the Company will furnish to Parent
unaudited financial statements of the Gaming Business at and for the three-month
period ended May 31, 2000. Until the Closing occurs, the Company will furnish to
the Parent, within 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, unaudited
financial statements of the Gaming Business for each fiscal quarter ending after
the date of this Agreement and, within 120 days after the fiscal year end,
audited financial statements at and for the year ended November 30, 2000. In
addition, the Company will furnish current financial statements of the Gaming
Business when required by Parent in connection with financings.
4.13 Employment Agreement. The Parent shall negotiate in good faith with W.
Peter Temling to reach an agreement on salary of not less than that currently
offered to him by the Company and for benefits no more than nor less than those
offered by the Parent to its employees.
5. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
5.1 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company and Parent and Merger Sub. The
respective obligations of the Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger
Sub, on the other hand, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are
subject to the requirements that:
(a) Shareholder Approval. This Agreement shall have been approved and adopted
by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company in accordance with
the FBCA and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
(b) No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality. No temporary restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of
competent jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition
shall have been issued and be in effect (i) restraining or prohibiting the
consummation of the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
(ii) prohibiting or limiting the ownership, operation or control by the Company,
Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries of any portion of the business or
assets of the Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries, or
compelling the Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries to
dispose of, grant rights in respect of, or hold separate any portion of the
business or assets of the Company, Parent or any of their respective
subsidiaries; nor shall any action have been taken by a Governmental Entity or
any federal, state or foreign statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree
or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any
Governmental Entity or arbitrator, which is in effect and has the effect of
making the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the
Merger.
(c) HSR Act. Any waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger
under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.
5.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the
Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are subject to
the further requirements that:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent
and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement or in any other document delivered
pursuant hereto shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date
and at the Closing Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate to
that effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations. Each of the obligations of Parent and the Merger
Sub to be performed on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall have been duly performed in all material respects on or before
the Closing Date and at the Closing Parent shall have delivered to the Company a
certificate to that effect.
5.3 Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are
subject to the further requirements that:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the
Company contained in this Agreement or in any other document delivered pursuant
hereto shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
Closing Date with the same effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date and
at the Closing the Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate to that
effect.
(b) Performance of Obligations. Each of the obligations of the Company to be
performed on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
shall have been duly performed in all material respects on or before the Closing
Date and at the Closing the Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate
to that effect.
(c) Absence of Material Adverse Effect. No Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred.
(d) Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of, or
declarations or filings with, and all expirations of waiting periods imposed by,
any governmental body, agency or official, including from each of the Gaming
Authorities (including the consents of the Ontario Corporation and the Rama
Nation under the Development and Operating Agreement and a "comfort letter" from
the Ontario Commission to the effect that the transactions contemplated by the
Agreement will not affect the registration of CHC Casinos Canada Limited under
the Gaming Control Act (Ontario)) and all applicable gaming and parimutual
authorities in all jurisdictions other than Louisiana and Ontario (all of the
foregoing, "Consents"), which are necessary for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and the ownership and operation of the
businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries by the Parent, other than
immaterial Consents the failure to obtain which would have no material adverse
effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (all such
permits, approvals, filings and consents and the lapse of all such waiting
periods being referred to as the "Requisite Regulatory Approvals") shall have
been obtained and all such Requisite Regulatory Approvals shall be in full force
and effect; provided, however, that a Requisite Regulatory Approval shall not be
deemed to have been obtained if in connection with the grant thereof there shall
have been an imposition by any state, provincial or federal governmental body,
agency or official of any condition, requirement, restriction or change of
regulation, or any other action directly or indirectly related to such grant
taken by such governmental body, which would prevent Parent from realizing in
all material respects the economic benefits of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement that Parent currently anticipates receiving therefrom.
(e) LCCI Shares.
(i) Parent shall have entered into an agreement to acquire (on such terms
and for such consideration as Parent deems appropriate in its sole
discretion) all of the outstanding shares of common stock of LCCI not
owned by the Company (the "Minority Shares"), except for the 4,550
shares referred to in Section 5.3(e)(ii), for an aggregate purchase
price not to exceed $32,500,000.
(ii) The Company or LCCI shall have acquired and continue to own an
additional 4,550 shares of LCCI common stock so that the LCCI shares
owned by the Company, together with the LCCI shares to be acquired by
Parent pursuant to the agreement referred to in Section 5.3(e)(i)
hereof, shall constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of
LCCI common stock as of the Closing. Such acquisition may be effected
by a reverse merger or reverse stock split.
(f) Consulting Agreements. Sherwood M. Weiser and Donald E. Lefton shall have
entered into consulting agreements with Parent in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit E and Exhibit F, respectively.
(g) Noncompetition Agreement. Thomas F. Hewitt (excluding as a result of his
employment by Interstate Hotels Company) and Peter Sibley (except as a result of
his employment by Driftwood Ventures) shall have entered into noncompetition
agreements with the Company for a period of three years from the Closing Date.
(h) Divestitures. All of the Divestiture Entities shall have been sold or
distributed by the Company or the relevant Subsidiary upon terms and conditions
approved in advance in writing by Parent.
(i) Rama Agreement. The Development and Operating Agreement, as amended and
extended, among the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Chippewas of the
Rama First Nation, CHC International, Inc., CHC Casinos Canada Ltd. and others,
originally dated as of March 18, 1996, shall remain in full force and effect as
amended and extended as of the date of this Agreement, shall not be in material
default and shall not have been hereafter amended or modified without the prior
written consent of Parent.
(j) Change in Control Waivers. The Company shall have obtained the waivers of
the persons set forth on Section 5.3(k) of the Company Schedule and all other
persons with agreements with the Company or any Retained Subsidiary providing
for payments to them upon a change in control of the Company or any Retained
Subsidiary or, if not obtained, the parties agree that such payments shall be
deemed to be Special Payments.
(k) Conditions Satisfied. All of the Conditions shall have been fulfilled or
satisfied or withdrawn by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.
6. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
6.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated (by written notice by the
terminating party to the other party) and the transactions contemplated hereby
may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date:
(a) By mutual written consent of each of Parent and the Company;
(b) By either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been
consummated on or before 12 months from the date of this Agreement (unless
extended by Parent and the Company for an additional 3 months pursuant to
Section 1.8) (the "Termination Date"); provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.1(b) shall not be available to any
party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the
cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or
before the Termination Date;
(c) By either Parent or the Company if a Governmental Entity or arbitrator shall
have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action (which order,
decree or ruling the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
lift), in each case permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such order, decree, ruling
or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;
(d) By Parent if the Company shall have breached, or failed to comply with, in
any material respect any of its obligations under this Agreement or any
representation or warranty made by the Company shall have been incorrect in any
material respect when made or shall have since ceased to be true and correct in
any material respect, and such breach, failure or misrepresentation is not cured
within 30 days after notice thereof and by the Company if the Parent shall have
breached, or failed to comply with, in any material respect any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any representation or warranty made by the
Parent shall have been incorrect in any material respect when made or shall have
since ceased to be true and correct in any material respect, and such breach,
failure or misrepresentation is not cured within 30 days after notice thereof;
(e) By the Company if Parent's application to any of the Gaming Authorities is
denied; or
(f) By the Company or Parent, if such party's conditions to its obligation to
consummate the Merger contained in Section 5 hereof become impossible to fulfill
prior to the Termination Date.
6.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 6.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become ineffective, and
there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of any party hereto or its
officers, directors or shareholders (except as otherwise provided in Section 1.8
hereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, (i) the provisions of this
Section 6 shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of
this Agreement and (ii) each party shall remain liable for any damages arising
from or relating to any willful breach of this Agreement or willful failure to
perform its or his obligations hereunder.
6.3 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by Parent and the Company pursuant
to a writing adopted by action taken by Parent and the Company at any time
before the Effective Time; provided, however, that, after approval of this
Agreement by the shareholders of the Company, no amendment may be made which
would alter or change the amount or kinds of consideration to be received by the
holders of Company Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger or which would
materially and adversely affect the holders of Company Common Stock. This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the
Parties.
6.4 Waiver. At any time before the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a)
extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of
the other parties, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and
warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c)
waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any
agreement on the part of a party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid
only as against such party and only if set forth in an instrument in writing
signed by such party.
7. INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 General Indemnification by the Shareholders. The Shareholders, jointly and
severally, covenant and agree to indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless
Parent and the Surviving Corporation and their respective officers, directors,
employees, shareholders, assigns, successors and affiliates (individually, an
"Indemnified Party" and collectively, "Indemnified Parties") from, against and
in respect of:
(a) all liabilities, losses, claims, damages, punitive damages, causes of
action, lawsuits, administrative proceedings (including informal proceedings),
investigations, audits, demands, assessments, adjustments, judgments, settlement
payments, deficiencies, penalties, fines, interest (including interest from the
date of such damages) and costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements of every kind, nature and
description) (collectively, "Damages") suffered, sustained, incurred or paid by
the Indemnified Parties in connection with, resulting from or arising out of,
directly or indirectly:
(i) any breach of any representation or warranty of the Shareholders or the
Company set forth in this Agreement or any Schedule, certificate or
other document or instrument, delivered by or on behalf of the
Shareholder or the Company in connection herewith;
(ii) any nonfulfillment of any covenant or agreement by the Shareholders or,
prior to the Effective Time, the Company, under this Agreement or
certificate or other document or instrument, delivered by or on behalf
of the Shareholders or the Company in connection herewith;
(iii) Damages relating to or resulting from the Divestiture Entities;
(iv) Damages relating to or resulting from the matter of Dorothy Surratt v.
Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc.; and
(v) Damages payable as a result of claims by Italian tax authorities for
amounts payable by GBM Companies; and
(b) any and all Damages incident to any of the foregoing or to the enforcement
of this Section 7.1.
7.2 Limitation and Expiration. Notwithstanding the above:
(a) there shall be no liability for indemnification under Section 7.1 unless and
solely to the extent that the aggregate amount of Damages exceeds $500,000 (the
"Indemnification Threshold") at which time the Indemnifying Party (defined in
Section 7.3 below) shall be liable for all Damages from $250,001 and above;
(b) the aggregate amount of the Shareholders' liability under this Section 7
shall not exceed the $5,000,000, except for Damages arising out of breaches of
the representations and warranties made in Sections 2.3, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and
2.19 and Damages relating to or resulting from the matter of Dorothy Surratt v.
Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. (occurring on or about February 9, 1998) (other
than any portion covered by insurance) and the Divestiture Entities, which shall
not be subject to any such limitation as to amount;
(c) the indemnification obligations under this Section 7 shall terminate at the
date that is the later of clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 7.2(c):
(i) (1) except as to representations, warranties, and covenants specified in
clause (i)(2) of this Section 7.2(c), the third anniversary of the Closing
Date, or
(2) with respect to representations and warranties contained in Sections 2.3
and 2.15 and the indemnification set forth in Section 7.1(a)(ii) or (iii),
on the date that is six months after the expiration of the longest
applicable federal, provincial or state statute of limitation (including
extensions thereof); or
(ii) the final resolution of claims or demands pending as of the relevant
dates described in clause (i) of this Section 7.2(c) (such claims
referred to as "Pending Claims").
7.3 Indemnification Procedures. All claims or demands for indemnification under
this Section 7 ("Claims") shall be asserted and resolved as follows:
(a) In the event that any Indemnified Party has a Claim against any party
obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof (the
"Indemnifying Party") which does not involve a Claim being asserted against or
sought to be collected by a third party, the Indemnified Party shall with
reasonable promptness notify the Shareholders of such Claim, specifying the
nature of such Claim and the amount or the estimated amount thereof to the
extent then feasible (the "Claim Notice"). If the Shareholders do not notify the
Indemnified Party within thirty days after the date of delivery of the Claim
Notice that the Indemnifying Party disputes such Claim, with a detailed
statement of the basis of such position, the amount of such Claim shall be
conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party hereunder. In case an
objection is made in writing in accordance with this Section 7.3(a), the
Indemnified Party shall respond in a written statement to the objection within
thirty days and, for sixty days thereafter, attempt in good faith to agree upon
the rights of the respective parties with respect to each of such Claims (and,
if the parties should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall
be prepared and signed by both parties).
(b) (i) In the event that any Claim for which the Indemnifying Party would be
liable to an Indemnified Party hereunder is asserted against an Indemnified
Party by a third party (a "Third-Party Claim"), the Indemnified Party shall
deliver a Claim Notice to the Shareholders. The Shareholders shall have thirty
days from the date of delivery of the Claim Notice to notify the Indemnified
Party (A) whether the Indemnifying Party disputes liability to the Indemnified
Party hereunder with respect to the Third-Party Claim, and, if so, the basis for
such a dispute, and (B) if such party does not dispute liability, whether or not
the Indemnifying Party desires, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying
Party, to defend against the Third-Party Claim, provided that the Indemnified
Party is hereby authorized (but not obligated) to file any motion, answer or
other pleading and to take any other action which the Indemnified Party shall
deem necessary or appropriate to protect the Indemnified Party's interests.
(ii) In the event that the Shareholders timely notify the Indemnified Party that
the Indemnifying Party does not dispute the Indemnifying Party's obligation
to indemnify with respect to the Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party
shall defend the Indemnified Party against such Third-Party Claim by
appropriate proceedings, provided that, unless the Indemnified Party
otherwise agrees in writing, the Indemnifying Party may not settle any
Third-Party Claim (in whole or in part) if such settlement does not include
a complete and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party. If the
Indemnified Party desires to participate in, but not control, any such
defense or settlement the Indemnified Party may do so at its sole cost and
expense. If the Indemnifying Party elects not to defend the Indemnified
Party against a Third-Party Claim, whether by failure of such party to give
the Indemnified Party timely notice as provided herein or otherwise, then
the Indemnified Party, without waiving any rights against such party, may
settle or defend against such Third-Party Claim in the Indemnified Party's
sole discretion and the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover from
the Indemnifying Party the amount of any settlement or judgment and, on an
ongoing basis, all indemnifiable costs and expenses of the Indemnified
Party with respect thereto, including interest from the date such costs and
expenses were incurred.
(iii)If at any time, in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnified Party, notice
of which shall be given in writing to the Shareholders, any Third-Party
Claim seeks material prospective relief which could have an adverse effect
on any Indemnified Party or the Surviving Corporation or any subsidiary,
the Indemnified Party shall have the right to control or assume (as the
case may be) the defense of any such Third-Party Claim and the amount of
any judgment or settlement and the reasonable costs and expenses of defense
shall be included as part of the indemnification obligations of the
Indemnifying Party hereunder. If the Indemnified Party elects to exercise
such right, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in,
but not control, the defense of such Third-Party Claim at the sole cost and
expense of the Indemnifying Party.
(c) Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the Indemnified Party from making
a Claim, and an Indemnified Party may make a Claim hereunder, for potential or
contingent Damages provided the Claim Notice sets forth the specific basis for
any such potential or contingent claim or demand to the extent then feasible and
the Indemnified Party has reasonable grounds to believe that such Claim may be
made.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, the Indemnified Party's failure to
give reasonably prompt notice as required by this Section 7.3 of any actual,
threatened or possible claim or demand which may give rise to a right of
indemnification hereunder shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any
liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to the Indemnified Party unless
the failure to give such notice materially and adversely prejudiced the
Indemnifying Party.
(e) The parties will make appropriate adjustments for any Tax benefits, Tax
detriments or insurance proceeds in determining the amount of any
indemnification obligation under this Section 7, provided that no Indemnified
Party shall be obligated to continue pursuing any payment pursuant to the terms
of any insurance policy.
(f) In the event of a Shareholder's failure to pay any amounts due under this
Section 7, Parent and the Company shall have the right to offset amounts payable
to the Shareholder under any of the Consulting Agreements referred to in
Sections 5.3(g) after obtaining a judgment against the Company with respect to
such amounts due.
7.4 Survival of Representations Warranties and Covenants. All representations,
warranties and covenants made by the Company and the Shareholders in or pursuant
to this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto shall be deemed
to have been made on the date of this Agreement (except as otherwise provided
herein) and, if a Closing occurs, as of the Closing Date. The representations of
the Company and the Shareholder will survive the Closing and will remain in
effect until, and will expire upon, the termination of the indemnification
obligations as provided in Section 7.2.
7.5 Remedies Cumulative. The remedies set forth in this Section 7 are cumulative
and shall not be construed to restrict or otherwise affect any other remedies
that may be available to the Indemnified Parties under any other agreement or
pursuant to statutory or common law.
8. NON-DISCLOSURE, NON-SOLICITATION aND NON-COMPETITION COVENANTS
In consideration of Parent entering into this Agreement and effecting
the Merger, each Shareholder agrees to each of the following covenants.
8.1 Non-Disclosure. Shareholder agrees to (i) hold all trade secrets, business
plans and other confidential or proprietary information of the Company and the
Retained Subsidiaries in trust and confidence for the Company and shall not use
or disclose any such information to any person under any circumstances and (ii)
be liable for damages incurred by the Company or Parent as a result of
disclosure of any such information by Shareholder (without the prior written
consent of Parent) for any purpose at any time after the date hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shareholder may disclose any such information to
the extent such disclosure is compelled by applicable law or to the extent such
information becomes publicly available other than by unauthorized disclosure by
Shareholder.
8.2 Non-Solicitation. From the date hereof through the third anniversary date
after the Closing, Shareholder agrees not, directly or indirectly, on behalf of
any corporation or other entity, to aid or endeavor to solicit, induce or
recommend any employees of the Company or any Retained Subsidiary to leave their
employment with the Company or any Retained Subsidiary.
8.3 Non-Competition. Each Shareholder agrees that from the date of Closing
through the third anniversary of the Closing, such Shareholder will not engage,
directly or indirectly, in any aspect of the gaming business (including, without
limitation, casino, lottery, charitable and North American Indian gaming and
thoroughbred, harness or dog racetrack gaming), whether riverboat based, land
based or otherwise, located within or on vessels departing from North America,
including Central America, South America or the Caribbean (the "Business"),
whether as partner, director, employee, agent, consultant or otherwise; provided
that each Shareholder may continue to hold existing positions on the boards of
directors of, and equity interests in, Carnival Corporation, Wyndham
International and Interstate Hotels Corporation and may hold shares constituting
less than 1% of the outstanding shares of a publicly traded company in the
Business.
8.4 Covenants Not Exclusive. Shareholder agrees that the covenants set forth in
this Section 8 are in addition to any rights Parent may have in law or at
equity.
8.5 No Adequate Remedy at Law. Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that it may
be impossible to measure in money the damages which Parent will suffer in the
event Shareholder breaches any of the covenants in this Section 8. Therefore, if
Parent shall institute any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions
hereof, Shareholder hereby waives and agrees not to assert in any such action or
proceeding the claim or defense that Parent has an adequate remedy at law. The
foregoing shall not prejudice the right of Parent to require Shareholder to
account for and pay over to Parent the compensation, profits, monies, accruals
or other benefits derived or received by Shareholder as a result of any
transaction constituting a breach of the covenants set forth in this Section 8.
9. MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Final Tax Returns. Within 150 days after Closing, the Company shall cause
its independent accountants to prepare, certify and timely file all Tax Returns
for the Company and the Retained Subsidiaries for all taxable periods ending as
of the Closing Date.
9.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
written and oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements and understandings with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
9.3 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, by
telecopy or by overnight courier service to the respective parties as follows:
if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
Penn National Gaming, Inc.
825 Berkshire Boulevard
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610
Attention: Joseph A. Lashinger, Jr., General Counsel
Facsimile: 610-373-4966
with a copy to:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
5300 First Union Financial Center
200 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131-2339
Attention: John S. Fletcher, Esq.
Facsimile: 305-579-0321
if to the Company or the Shareholders, to:
CRC Holdings, Inc.
3250 Mary Street, 5th Floor
Miami, Florida 33133
Attention: Sherwood M. Weiser, Chairman of the Board
Facsimile: 305-445-4255
with a copy to:
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
150 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130
Attention: Richard E. Schatz, Esq.
Facsimile: 305-789-3395
or to such other address as the party to whom notice is given may have
previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above. Any
notice or communication delivered in person shall be deemed effective on
delivery. Any notice or communication sent by telecopy shall be deemed effective
on the first business day at the place of which such notice or communication is
received following the day on which such notice or communication was sent. Any
notice or communication sent by registered or certified mail shall be deemed
effective on the fifth business day at the place from which such notice or
communication was mailed following the day in which such notice or communication
was mailed.
9.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Florida regardless of the laws that
might otherwise govern under principles of conflicts of laws applicable thereto.
9.5 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings herein are inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
9.6 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely
to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or
implied, is intended to confer upon any other person (including, without
limitation, any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary) any rights or
remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
9.8 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses except that Parent and the
Company shall share equally the filing fees payable with respect to the required
filings under the HSR Act.
9.9 Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives and
successors. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party hereto, except that
this Agreement may be assigned by Parent and Merger Sub with the prior consent
of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
9.10 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, the remainder hereof, and the application of such provision to
such person or circumstance in any other jurisdiction or to other persons or
circumstances in any jurisdiction, shall not be affected thereby, and to this
end the provisions of this Agreement shall be severable.
9.11 Legal Fees and Costs. If any party hereto institutes any action or
proceeding, whether before a court or arbitrator, to enforce any provision of
this Agreement, the prevailing party therein shall be entitled to received from
the losing party reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in such action or
proceeding, whether or not such action or proceeding is prosecuted to judgment.
(SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement and
Plan of Merger to be executed on its behalf by its officers thereunto duly
authorized on the day and year first above written.
PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
By __/s/Robert S. Ippolito
Name: Robert S. Ippolito
Title: Secretary/Treasurer
CRC HOLDINGS, INC.
/s/Sherwood M. Weiser
Sherwood M. Weiser
CASINO HOLDINGS, INC.
By __/s/Robert S. Ippolito
Name: Robert S. Ippolito
Title: Secretary/Treasurer
SHAREHOLDERS:
/s/Sherwood M. Weiser
Sherwood M. Weiser
/s/Donald E. Lefton
Donald E. Lefton
48
Exhibit A
[intentionally omitted]
49
Exhibit B
[intentionally omitted]
7
Exhibit C
CRC HOLDINGS, INC. - GAMING DIVISION
BALANCE SHEET
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
FEBRUARY 29, 2000
ASSETS (UNAUDITED)
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $21,445
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for
doubtful accounts of $305 and $274 at 2000 and 1999
respectively 7,005
Receivables 6,250
Deferred income tax 1,481
Other current assets 1,986
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Total current assets 38,167
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Property and equipment, net 42,844
Receivables, Net 4,375
Goodwill, net 3,342
Other assets 4,105
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Total assets $92,833
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 4,330
Due to affiliates and officers 174
Accrued expenses 9,152
Current portion of long-term debt 6,333
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Total current liabilites 19,989
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Deferred compensation plan liability 1,900
Long-term debt 57,375
Deferred income tax 4,064
Other liabilites 59
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Total liabilites 83,387
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Commitments and contingencies
Miniority interest 651
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Stockholders' equity
Common stock $.005 par value; 20,000 shares
authorized; 10,742 shares issued and outstanding 54
Additional paid-in capital 7,481
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) 1,254
Cumulative translation adjustment 6
Total Stockholders' equity 8,795
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $92,833
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Exhibit C
CRC Holdings, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheet - Gaming
February 29, 2000
Camicon
CRC Puerto CHC CHC
Holdings Rico CHC Casinos CHC Peru
Inc. Mgt Casinos Canada Mass Mgt CRC
Gamings Assoc Corp Limited Corp Corp LCCI Entries Consolidated
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equiva $ 3,585,743 $ 0 $ 0 $ 177,595 $ 0 $ 0 $17,682,094 $21,445,432
Restricted cash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade accts receivable
net 58,039 0 0 6,306,944 0 0 639,932 7,004,915
Trade accts receivable
affiliates,net 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intercompany receivable
(payable) 620,092 (151) 743,214 (1,004,607) (87,386) (150) (226,725) (44,285) 2
Notes receivable-affiliates
and officers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Receivables 0 0 0 6,250,000 0 0 0 6,250,000
Prepaid expenses 133,249 0 0 28,005 456 0 1,174,319 1,336,029
Inventories 0 0 0 79,520 0 0 152,726 232,246
Deferred income tax 108,452 0 0 0 0 0 1,372,533 1,480,985
Other current assets (2,833) 0 0 143,967 0 0 276,567 (653) 417,048
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Total current assets 4,502,742 (151) 743,214 11,981,424 (86,930) (150) 21,071,446 (44,938) 38,166,657
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Restricted cash 0 0 0 690,608 0 0 0 690,608
Property and equip, net 314,338 0 0 0 0 0 42,529,348 42,843,686
Investments in and adv to
affiliates (2,405,010) 0 59,669 0 0 0 0 2,345,341 0
Receivables, net 0 0 0 4,375,000 0 0 0 4,375,000
Receivables-affiliates and
officers 507,579 0 0 0 0 0 0 507,579
Deferred charges, net 0 0 0 187,567 0 0 947,292 1,134,859
Assets designated for the
deferred compensation plan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goodwill, net of accumulated
amortization 3,342,115 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,342,115
Deferred income tax 684,398 0 0 260,583 0 0 0 944,981
Other assets 15,717 0 0 0 0 0 812,021 827,738
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Total assets 6,961,879 (151) 802,883 17,495,182 (86,930) (150) 65,360,107 2,300,403 92,833,223
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable 190,400 0 0 24,631 0 0 4,114,884 4,329,915
Due to affiliates and
officers 173,968 0 0 0 0 0 0 173,968
Deferred compensation plan
liability 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accrued interest 0 0 0 87,252 0 0 1,457,500 1,544,752
Accrued expenses 745,437 0 0 5,462,666 0 0 1,104,619 (44,938) 7,267,784
Deferred income tax 0 0 0 339,964 0 0 0 339,964
Current portion of long-
term debt 83,059 0 0 6,250,000 0 0 0 6,333,059
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Total current liabilities1,192,864 0 0 12,164,513 0 0 6,677,003 (44,938) 19,989,442
Deferred compensation
plan liability 1,900,122 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,900,122
Long-term debt 0 0 0 4,375,000 0 0 53,000,000 57,375,000
Deferred income tax 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,064,146 4,064,146
Other liabilities 57,620 0 0 0 0 0 0 57,620
Minority interests 651,441 0 0 0 0 0 0 651,441
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Total liabilities 3,802,047 0 0 16,539,513 0 0 63,741,149 (44,938) 84,037,771
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Redeemable pref stock
and warrants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Preferred stock $.01 par value;
1,000,000 shares
authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding
Common stock $.005 par value
20,000,000 shares authorized
10,741,802 shares issued
and outstanding 1,006 130 8,500 100 1,000 0 1,121 41,852 53,709
Additional Paid-in
capital 2,655,093 0 1,800,583 0 7,149,477 0 0(4,124,217) 7,480,937
Retained earnings/
(accumulated deficit) 7,188,408 (281)(1,006,200) 948,401 (7,237,407) (150) 1,617,846 (256,974) 1,253,642
Cumulative translation adj 0 0 0 7,165 0 0 0 7,165
Distributions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total stockholders'equity
(deficit) 9,844,507 (151) 802,883 955,666 (86,930) (150) 1,618,967(4,339,339) 8,795,453
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Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity
(deficit) 13,646,554 (151) 802,883 17,495,179 (86,930) (150) 65,360,116(4,384,277) 92,833,224
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Assets & liabilites
& s. equity (6,684,675) 0 0 3 0 0 (9)6,684,680 (1)
Exhibit D
Retained Entities
CRC Holdinge, Inc. Gaming Business Only
Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc.
CHC Casinos Corp.
CHC Casinos Manitoba Limited
CHC Casinos Canada, Limited
Casino Rama Services, Inc.
CHC (Ontario) Supplies Limited
The Chain of Rocks JV
CHC Massachusetts Corp
Divestiture Entities
CSMC of Rhode Island
TCC of South Florida, Inc.
CHC Durham Management Corp.
Sparks Street Casino Corporation
CHC North, Inc.
CCR of Lake Las Vegas GP, Inc.
CCR of Lake Las Vegas LP, Inc.
CCR of Lake Las Vegas Ltd.
Philadelphia Hotel Ventures, LP
Plaza Associates, Ltd.
Carnicon Dominica, SA
Carnicon Puerto Rico Mgt. Assoc. LC
Carnicon Lucaya Management Assoc.
Carnicon Development Company
Other Assets
CRC Holdings, Inc. - Hospitality Division Net Assets
Net Receivable - Wampanoag
Net Receivable - Canadian Charitables
Net Receivable - malave
Net Receivable - Casino Rama Hotel
GBM Companies contingent liability re: GBM Companies adv.
Minestro delle Finanze/Ufficciio del Registro di Firenze; Supreme
Court of Italy
CRC Holdings, Inc. is currently involved in the following transactions or
pending transactions:
Certain Employees of CRC Holdings, Inc. are considered employees
of Continental Gencom Holdings, LLC
If proposed transaction is not consummated a possible buy-out of
CRC Holdings, Inc. common shares owned by Peter Sibley and Irv Zeldman
Transactions contemplated pursuant to that certain blind trust
entered into on January 18, 2000 between certain CRC Holdings, Inc.
shareholders and a trustee whereby Carnival Corporation is sole
principal and income beneficiary
Pending Mellon United National Bank Line of Credit
Pending CRC holdigns, Inc. / Continental Gencom Holdings LLC
transactions including a Credit Facility
Exhibit E
(Intentionally Omitted)
Exhibit F
(Intentionally Omitted)
Exhibit 2.2
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered
into on the 31st day of July, 2000, by and among PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC., a
Pennsylvania corporation ("Purchaser"), and DAN S. MEADOWS ("Meadows"), THOMAS
L. MEEHAN ("Meehan") and JERRY L. BAYLES ("Bayles") (Meadows, Meehan and Bayles
are sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as "Seller" and collectively
as "Sellers") (the Purchaser and the Sellers are hereinafter sometimes
separately referred to as "Party" and collectively as "Parties").
WHEREAS, the Sellers own beneficially and legally 39.81% of all of the
issued and outstanding shares ("Sellers' Shares") of capital stock of Louisiana
Casino Cruises, Inc., a Louisiana corporation ("Company"), in such amounts as
are set forth opposite the Sellers' names on the attached Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, Purchaser is willing to purchase the Seller's Shares only in
the event that the Sellers agree to the non-competition, non-solicitation and
non-disclosure covenants contained herein; and
WHEREAS, the Sellers desire to sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires
to purchase from Sellers, all of the Sellers' Shares for the Consideration and
upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, Sellers acknowledge and agree that an express condition to the
closing of this Agreement is Purchaser's simultaneous acquisition of CRC
Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation and the parent corporation of the Company
("CRC"), by and through a merger (the "Merger") of CRC with Casino Holdings,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan
of Merger dated the date hereof among Purchaser, CRC Merger Sub and certain
shareholders (the "Shareholders") of CRC ("Merger Agreement");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises and agreements set forth herein, Purchaser and Sellers hereby agree as
follows:
1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct on the date hereof,
and shall be deemed to be true and correct on the ----------------- date of
the Closing (as defined below), and are hereby incorporated in this
Agreement by this reference.
2.Purchase of Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions herein, in the event
of a closing of the Merger, Sellers agree to sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser
agrees to purchase from Sellers, simultaneously with the closing of the
Merger, all of the Sellers' Shares for the aggregate cash consideration of
$32,500,000 ("Consideration"). Each Seller shall receive a pro rata portion of
the Consideration which shall be determined by multiplying the Consideration
by the product of the number of shares owned by each respective Seller on the
Company's stock ledger divided by the aggregate number of all of the Sellers'
Shares.
3. Closing.
3.1 Closing. The closing (the "Closing") of the foregoing transaction shall take
place at the offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 5300 First Union Financial
Center, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida, at 10:00 a.m. (Miami time)
on the same date and time as the closing of the Merger Agreement.
3.2 Deliveries. At the Closing, Sellers shall deliver to Purchaser (i) original
certificates representing the Sellers' Shares, (ii) stock powers duly executed
by Sellers in the form required to transfer the Sellers' Shares to Purchaser or
a subsidiary of Purchaser designated by it and (iii) resignations by all of the
Sellers currently holding positions as officers or directors of the Company.
Upon Purchaser's receipt and satisfaction with of the foregoing items, Purchaser
shall pay the Consideration either by cashier's checks or by wire transfers to
such bank accounts as Sellers shall designate in writing to Purchaser.
3.3 Termination. In the event that the Closing does not occur (i) on or before
12 months from the date of this Agreement and Purchaser has not exercised its
option to extend the time for the Closing pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof (the
"Option"), or (ii) on or before 15 months from the date of this Agreement if
Purchaser has exercised its Option, this Agreement shall automatically, without
any further action on behalf of any of the Parties, become null and void, and
shall be deemed to have been terminated; in such case, except as provided in
Section 9 hereof, no Party shall have any further liability or obligation to the
other pursuant to this Agreement either as Purchaser, Sellers or otherwise.
4. Representations and Warranties of Seller. Each Seller hereby jointly and
severally makes the following representations and warranties as of the date
hereof, and as of the Closing of this Agreement:
(a) Each Seller has the full right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated herein. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Seller, enforceable
against such Seller in accordance with its terms.
(b) Each of the Sellers' Shares is on the date hereof, and as of the date of the
Closing, will be free and clear of any and all pledges, liens, encumbrances or
security interests of every kind or nature (collectively, "Encumbrances"), is
freely transferable by Sellers, and is not subject to any voting trusts, proxies
or other agreements relating to the voting or transfer thereof.
(c) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 10,000,000 shares of
common stock, no par value, of which 984,883 shares are issued and outstanding.
The Sellers' Shares were validly issued and fully paid and are non-assessable
and owned beneficially and legally by the respective Seller. To the best of
Seller's knowledge, no person, firm or corporation has any subscription,
warrant, agreement, option or right for the purchase of any unissued shares of
the capital stock of the Company.
(d) No third-party consents are required in connection with the transfer of the
Sellers' Shares to the Purchaser hereunder, except for the Louisiana Gaming
Control Board.
(e) The execution, delivery and performance by Sellers of this Agreement do not
and will not (i) violate or conflict with the Company's Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws or (ii) constitute a breach or default under any
contract, agreement, order or decree to which any Seller or the Company is a
party or subject, except for the right of first refusal granted to CRC.
(f) Neither the Sellers nor any of their immediate family or any corporation,
trust or other entity controlled by any of them are a party to any agreement,
understanding or arrangement with the Company which will survive after the
Closing.
(g) No Seller has any claims against or amounts owing from the Company, CRC or
any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company or CRC.
(h) Neither the Company nor any Seller has employed any broker or finder or
incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finder's fees in
connection with the purchase by Purchaser of the Shares.
5.Covenants of Sellers. From the date hereof and until the Closing or
termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 3.2, except as
otherwise provided by the prior written of the Purchaser, the Sellers will not
sell, transfer, assign or pledge the Sellers' Shares or otherwise subject the
Sellers' Shares to any Encumbrances.
6. Representations and Warranties of Purchaser. Purchaser hereby represents
and warrants to Seller as follows:
(a) Purchaser is a corporation, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(b) Purchaser has the full right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated herein. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable
against Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
(c) Purchaser is acquiring the Sellers' Shares for investment only and not with
a view toward distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933.
(d) Except for the foregoing, Purchaser makes no representations or warranties
of any kind or nature.
7. Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Purchaser. The obligations of
the Purchaser hereunder shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to
the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Sellers herein shall be true and
correct on the date of the Closing as though made on and as of the Closing, and
the Sellers shall have fully and completely complied with all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
(b) There shall not be pending or threatened any action or proceeding by or
before any court or other governmental body which shall seek to restrain,
prohibit or invalidate the sale of the Sellers' Shares to the Purchaser.
(c) The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall have closed
simultaneously with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
8. Non-Competition, Non-Disclosure and Non-Solicitation. In consideration of
Purchaser entering into this Agreement and purchasing the Shares, each
Seller agrees to each of the following covenants:
(a) Non-Competition. From the date hereof through the third anniversary of the
date of the Closing, Seller agrees not to engage, directly or indirectly, in any
aspect of the gaming casino business, whether riverboat based, land based or
otherwise, located within 200 miles of the city limits of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
(the "Business"), whether as shareholder, partner, director, employee, agent,
consultant or otherwise; provided that Seller may continue to hold the Shares
through the Closing Date and may hold shares constituting less than 1% of the
outstanding shares of a publicly traded company in the Business.
(b) Non-Disclosure. Seller agrees to (i) hold all trade secrets, business plans
and other confidential or proprietary information of the Company in trust and
confidence for the Company and shall not use or disclose any such information to
any person under any circumstances and (ii) be liable for damages incurred by
the Company or Purchaser as a result of disclosure of any such information by
Seller (without the prior written consent of Purchaser) for any purpose at any
time after the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller may disclose
any such information to the extent such disclosure is compelled by applicable
law or to the extent such information becomes publicly available other than by
unauthorized disclosure by Seller.
(c) Non-Solicitation. From the date hereof through the third anniversary of the
date of the Closing, Seller agrees not, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any
corporation or other entity, to aid or endeavor to solicit, induce or recommend
any employees of the Company to leave their employment with the Company.
(d) Covenants Not Exclusive. Seller agrees that the covenants set forth in
Sections 8(a), (b) and (c) hereof are in addition to any rights Purchaser
may have in law or at equity.
(e) No Adequate Remedy at Law. Seller acknowledges and agrees that it may be
impossible to measure in money the damages which Purchaser will suffer in the
event Seller breaches any of the covenants in this Section 8. Therefore, if
Purchaser shall institute any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions
hereof, Seller hereby waives and agrees not to assert in any such action or
proceeding the claim or defense that Purchaser has an adequate remedy at law.
The foregoing shall not prejudice the right of the Purchaser to require Seller
to account for and pay over to Purchaser the compensation, profits, monies,
accruals or other benefits derived or received by Seller as a result of any
transaction constituting a breach of the covenants set forth in this Section 8.
9.Liquidated Damages. Purchaser, Sellers and Republic Security Bank are parties
to a certain Deposit Escrow Agreement of even date herewith (the "Deposit
Escrow Agreement") in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Within two
business days of the date hereof, Purchaser shall deliver $600,000 (the
"Deposit") to Republic Security Bank as escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent") to
be held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in
the Deposit Escrow Agreement.
(a) The Deposit and the accrued interest thereon shall be applied and credited
to the Consideration and if the Closing occurs. If the Closing has not occurred
on or prior to 9 months from the date of this Agreement, Purchaser shall make a
payment of $300,000 to the Sellers (the "Non-Discretionary Payment"). If the
Closing occurs, the Non-Discretionary Payment shall be applied and credited to
the Consideration. Absent any breach by CRC or the Shareholders of any
representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Merger Agreement, or any
breach by the Sellers of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in
this Agreement, the terms of Section 9(b) below will not apply to the
Non-Discretionary Payment. If the Closing does not occur by reason of a breach
of a representation, warranty or covenant in the Merger Agreement by CRC or any
Shareholder, or by reason of any breach by the Sellers of any representation,
warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement, the Non-Discretionary Payment
shall be refunded to Purchaser. If the Closing does not occur for any other
reason (except as provided in the next paragraph of this Section 9(a)), the
Non-Discretionary Payment shall be paid to the Sellers. If the Closing has not
occurred on or prior to 12 months from the date of this Agreement, Purchaser
shall have the option, but not the obligation, to extend the time for the
Closing an additional 3 months by Purchaser making an additional payment of
$300,000 to the Escrow Agent (the "Discretionary Payment"). Such Discretionary
Payment and the accrued interest thereon shall become part of the Deposit and if
the Closing occurs shall be applied and credited to the Consideration.
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board issued a Report on
Conditional License Renewal on or about July 24, 2000 captioned "In Re:
Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. d/b/a Casino Rouge License No. R011700193" (the
"Report"). The Report refers to proposed conditions to renewal of LCCI's
license. Such conditions and any additional conditions subsequently imposed by
the Louisiana Gaming Control Board are referred to herein as "Conditions."
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, in the event that a Closing has not
occurred on or prior to the Non-Discretionary Date and as of such date (i) LCCI
has not been issued a license renewal and Casino Rouge is not continuing to
operate in the manner operated as of the date hereof or (ii) Purchaser has not
been issued a gaming license in Louisiana, in either case as a result of a
failure to satisfy any of the Conditions, then the Non-Discretionary Payment
shall not be payable. In such event, (i) the time for Closing shall be extended
to six months after the Non-Discretionary Date without Purchaser being obligated
to make the Discretionary Payment and (ii) the Non-Discretionary Payment shall
only become payable if a Closing has not occurred 30 days after all Conditions
have been satisfied and such renewal license issued or Casino Rouge is
continuing to operate in the manner operated as of the date hereof. In the event
such Conditions have not been satisfied and such licenses issued six months
after the Non-Discretionary Date, then, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 9(b) hereof, the Deposit plus accrued interest shall be refunded to
Purchaser and this Agreement shall terminate.
(b) In the event that the Closing does not occur for any reason, the Deposit
plus accrued interest thereon shall be refundable to Purchaser, unless the
Closing does not occur as a result of:
(i) Purchaser's failure to obtain the financing necessary to consummate the
Merger and this Agreement,
(ii) a material breach by Purchaser of any of its representations or warranties
under the Merger Agreement or this Agreement,
(iii)a material breach by Purchaser of any of its covenants under the Merger
Agreement or this Agreement, or
(iv) the failure of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (the "Gaming Authority)
to grant to Purchaser, its Affiliates and Licensed Persons all approvals
and licenses necessary for Purchaser to consummate the Merger Agreement or
this Agreement for any reason, except that this clause (iv) will not apply
if such failure to grant such approvals and licenses is:
(A) solely as a result of the Gaming Authority's imposition of any requirement
that would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition,
operating results, business (including the ability to obtain or maintain
gaming business or registrations) or prospects of the Company following the
Closing Date, or
(B) solely as a result of the Gaming Authority's failure to take any action
with respect to Purchaser's application for such approvals and licenses
necessary to consummate the Merger Agreement and this Agreement (provided
the Purchaser is using its reasonable efforts to diligently pursue all such
approvals and licenses, has not withdrawn its application to the Gaming
Authority or taken any action which would otherwise preclude or prevent the
Gaming Authority from taking such action with respect to Purchaser's
application).
And if clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) applies, the Deposit and accrued
interest thereon shall be paid to the Sellers. In all other events, the
Deposit plus accrued interest thereon shall be released by the Escrow Agent
to Purchaser immediately upon Purchaser's written demand.
(c) The Sellers agree that, if the Closing does not occur for any reason, the
sole extent of their recoverable damages are the liquidated damages provided for
in this Section 9, except in the event Purchaser closes the Merger and fails to
close this Agreement for any reason other than any breach by Sellers of a
representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement. In such case,
Sellers may recover their actual damages in excess of the liquidated damages.
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(c) This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof, superseding any and all prior or contemporaneous
oral and prior written agreements. This Agreement may not be modified or amended
nor may any right be waived except by a writing signed by all of the parties
hereto which expressly refers to this Agreement and which states that it is a
modification, amendment or waiver.
(d) The captions and headings contained herein are solely for convenience and
reference and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.
(e) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute
one and the same agreement.
(f) All notices, requests and other communications hereunder must be in writing
and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally against
written receipt or by facsimile transmission or by overnight courier prepaid, to
the parties at the following addresses or facsimile numbers:
If to the Purchaser, to:
Penn National Gaming, Inc.
Wyomissing Professional Center
825 Berkshire Boulevard
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610
Attention: Joseph A. Lashinger, Jr., Esq.
Facsimile: 610-373-4966
with a copy to:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
5300 First Union Financial Center
200 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131-2339
Attention: John S. Fletcher, Esq.
Facsimile: 305-579-0321
If to any of the Sellers, to:
the addresses or facsimile numbers set forth opposite
such Seller's name on Exhibit A.
with a copy to:
James J. Moran, Jr., Esq.
Moran Law Office Ltd.
2116 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404-2606
Facsimile: 612-874-9793
Any Party hereto from time to time may change its address, facsimile number or
other information for the purpose of notices to that Party by giving notice as
provided in this Section 9(f) specifying such change to each of the other
Parties hereto.
(SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement
on the date first above written.
Purchaser:
PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
By /s/Robert S. Ippolito
Name:Robert S. Ippolito
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Sellers:
-/s/Dan S. Meadows
Dan S. Meadows
/s/Thomas L. Meehan
Thomas L. Meehan
/s/Jerry L. Bayles
Jerry L. Bayles
Exhibit A
Seller Number of Shares Owned Address / Facsimile
Dan S. Meadows 130,711 3500 East Lincoln Drive
Phoenix, Arizona 85018
Facsimile: 623-930-0045
Thomas L. Meehan 130,711 c/o Moran Law Office Ltd.
2116 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minn 55404-2606
Facsimile: 612-874-9793
Jerry L. Bayles 130,711 2236 Estates Road
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Facsimile: 225-389-9739
Exhibit B
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CONTACT:
Robert Ippolito Joseph N. Jaffoni
Chief Financial Officer Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated
610/373-2400 212/835-8500 or penn@jcir.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PENN NATIONAL GAMING TO ACQUIRE CRC HOLDINGS AND
LOUISIANA CASINO CRUISES FOR $160 MILLION
- Accretive Transaction Expands Penn National's Gaming Assets,
Further Diversifies Operations Into Louisiana and Canada -
Wyomissing, Penn. and Miami, Florida, (July 31, 2000) -- Penn National Gaming,
Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) announced today that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire CRC Holdings, Inc. (CRC) which does business as Carnival
Resorts and Casinos for $95.8 million and the assumption of approximately $32
million in net debt. CRC is an experienced operator of gaming facilities and the
owner of approximately 59% of Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. (LCCI). Penn
National also announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with the
minority owners of LCCI to acquire their approximately 41% stake for $32.5
million. Under the terms of the agreement, CRC will divest all of its non-gaming
related assets prior to closing. The acquisitions are expected to be accretive
to Penn National's results in the first year of operations after closing. In the
twelve months ended February 29, 2000 CRC's gaming business, including LCCI,
generated approximately $30.6 million in EBITDA.
Casino Rouge
LCCI owns and operates the Casino Rouge, a riverboat gaming facility on the east
bank of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Casino Rouge
features a four-story, 47,000 square foot riverboat casino replicating a 19th
century Mississippi River paddlewheel steamboat, a two-story, 58,000 square foot
dockside embarkation facility and parking for 1,650 cars. The riverboat has a
capacity of 1,800 patrons and emphasizes spaciousness and excitement with its
generous aisle space, 15-foot ceilings, a large central atrium and specially
designed lighting. The Casino Rouge offers 28,000 square feet of gaming space
spread over three decks with 974 gaming machines and 42 table games. The
dockside embarkation facility offers a panoramic view of the Mississippi River
and a variety of amenities including a 268-seat buffet, bar and lounge areas,
meeting and planning space and a gift shop. The Casino Rouge cruises eight times
a day. Located on a 23-acre site, five acres of which are owned by LCCI, the
Casino Rouge is within approximately one mile of both Interstate 10 and
Interstate 110. For the year ended November 30, 1999 the Casino Rouge had a
61.9% share of the Baton Rouge gaming market casino revenues, as reported by the
Louisiana State Police, a regulatory body governing the market.
Casino Rama
CRC also has a management contract for Casino Rama which is in effect until
2011. Casino Rama is located approximately 80 miles north of Toronto, Canada, in
Orillia, Canada on the Chippewas of Mnjikaning First Nation land. Casino Rama,
with 75,000 square feet of gaming space, features 2,300 slot machines and 110
table games as well as a buffet, two restaurants, a nightclub, a retail center
and a 3,000 seat outdoor theater. The Casino Rama facility is currently
undergoing a U.S. $160 million expansion.
Commenting on the agreements, Peter M. Carlino, Chief Executive Officer of Penn
National, said, "This is an excellent financial and strategic transaction for
Penn National as it is expected to be accretive to our operating results upon
closing, it builds the critical mass of our gaming operations when combined with
our soon-to-be completed acquisition of the Casino Magic hotel and casino and
the Boomtown Biloxi casino and our Charles Town gaming facility and diversifies
the geographic reach of our operations. Furthermore, the transaction brings to
Penn National a management team with a tremendous track record in the gaming
industry.
"The Casino Rouge is the premier riverboat gaming facility in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana as evidenced by its exceptional market share and operating results.
And, with a relatively consistent number of gaming devices and table games since
opening in 1996, Casino Rama has built its revenues to approximately U.S. $354
million in 1999. Casino Rama's daily win per position at U.S. $320 in 1999 ranks
among the highest of casinos in the U.S. and Canada which we believe underscores
the gaming expertise of the CRC management team which has managed the property
since its opening in 1996 and assisted in the property's development." The
transaction, expected to close in the first half of 2001, is subject to
regulatory and other approvals in both Louisiana and Canada, financing, the
expiration of the applicable Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period and other
customary closing conditions. Penn National was advised in its negotiations with
CRC by the Fort Hill Group of New York, NY.
Penn National owns three racetracks and eleven off-track wagering (OTW)
facilities located in Pennsylvania (two tracks and eleven OTWs) and West
Virginia (one track). The Company's Charles Town Races in West Virginia also
features 1,500 slot machines. Penn National intends (subject to certain
conditions) to acquire the Casino Magic hotel, casino, golf resort and marina in
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi and the Boomtown Biloxi casino in Biloxi, Mississippi
from Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: PNK).
Except for the historical information in this press release, this press release
includes forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, quarterly fluctuations in results, the management
of growth, weather, regulatory changes, and other risks detailed from time to
time in the Penn National's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Actual
results may differ materially from such information set forth herein.
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